Archive for May, 2007

Two Become One

26May07

Five months.
Five months of new places, of new people. Five months of painful laughter and painful reality. Five months of learning, of unlearning. Five months of hard days and long nights. Five months of fear and exhilaration, of revolution and temptation. Five months of meeting new friends. And meeting old ones. Five months of confusion, [...]


A Snails Life

25May07

The flights are booked, the route (somewhat) planned and your intentions of abandoning loved ones has been widely broadcast. This is about the time that the pressing concern of that magical word “Gear” begins to raise it’s head. You stand in front of your backpack; an indubitable requirement, it having even lent it’s name to [...]


Itchy feet again. Time to get moving! We’d done the Thailand thing and were ready to hit the road again, and where better to trundle off to than the much raved about destination, Laos? The newest hot-spot in South East Asia, Laos promised a relaxing combination of French food, quiet towns and, of great importance, [...]


With my girlfriend back in town it was time to let her do the food choices, but i was unprepared for her choice today – MK restaurant, a top Thai favorite. Instead of a big post about the food, I’m going to make a very short photo ‘diary’, it’s what i do best. You should [...]


Bangkok’s malls are an experience in themselves, dazzling, mesmerizing, sometimes perplexing and regularly disorienting. When you step of the BTS Skytrain at Siam squares station you have a multitude of maze like walkways conveniently leading you in to one of the many malls available – the Siam Center/Siam Discovery Center, MBK Center and Siam Paragon. [...]


In the Jungle

05May07

Ok, for this post we are going to need some jungle drums:
Dum Ba-dum Ba-dum Ba-dum Ba-dum Ba-dum Ba-dum
Ahh the jungle! The most beautiful and captivating of environments, they truly are the most prominent edifices to Mother Nature’s powers. For centuries the words of men have painted dark and terrifying images of those shadowy worlds. Those places where beasts [...]