…a bit late with this

I’m now so far behind with this thing I’ll probably never finish it, and even if I did it would be so vague and misremembered it probably wouldn’t be worth it anyway.

Filed under: asia, australia, europe, north america, australia, betyouthoughtiforgot, laziness, summary, thailand, vancouver

…not sure that Hitler was Jesus reincarnated

I know, I know. Sometimes it seems like I say things that are the opposite of public opinion just to be controversial but hear me out.

Filed under: asia, life, dorms, kim, korean hitler, korean jesus, laos

…predicting a doggy future

Because not everyone’s cool enough to be on Twitter, sometimes I have to repeat myself on here. I’m trying not to spoil things for everyone, but one day I predict I’ll go to Korea and enjoy (repeated) time at a dog cafe. See?

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…more than done with Vientiane

As mentioned in my earlier post on the Lao capital, I spent too long in Vientiane. That’s not to say that I didn’t have fun, but more than a week there (for a tourist) is probably unnecessary. With my sweetheart 7700km away, other than sitting by my private pool, here are some of the fun things I did:

Filed under: asia, ac de triomphe, buddha park, cheap pool, golden stupa, laos, patuxai, pha that luang, vientiane

…listening to beardy music

You may know that I like beards. You may remember that I like a band called The Beards, so you can imagine my surprise when I went on Bandcamp the other day to find them, only to be faced with pages and pages of other bands with beards in their names, and sometimes on their faces. With nothing better to do with my life, I spent the best part of a day and a half listening to them. Here’s a rundown of those bands, in the order they were presented to me:

(I also created a star rating — or a beard rating — with pictures of my face. Yes, work’s quiet at the moment. )

Worst:

Best: 

Filed under: beard, bandcamp, bands, beards, music, the beards

…half done with Vientiane

Vientiane, the small capital of Laos, is a funny place. Most people I met prior to going said there’s no real point seeing it and, if I insisted, then one or two days would be enough. While I think they were all wrong, and would encourage people to spend more time there, the 13 days I ended up there were far too many.

Filed under: asia, laos, vientiane

…not just tubing in Vang Vieng

 

While it is/was tubing that made Vang Vieng such a popular stopping off point, in my few days there I found out there was more to do in an area surrounded by mountains and with a big river running by.

Filed under: asia, laos, tubing, vang vieng

…tubing in Vang Vieng

Vang Vieng is little more than a small mountain town roughly halfway between Luang Prabang and Vientiane but thanks to a river, a multitude of bars and some rubber tubes, backpackers have turned it into something that has made Laos famous but for all the wrong reasons.

Filed under: asia, laos, near death experiences, tubing, vang vieng

…done with Luang Prabang

Unlike most people I’d met in Thailand, I’d stuck solely to that country while others had stretched out and visited other parts of SE Asia, even if it was for less than an hour*, so I felt like it was time to set that straight.

Filed under: asia, laos, luang prabang

…done with Kuang Si Falls

When you go to a new place there’s one piece of advice that normally holds true: don’t go where the tuk-tuk drivers insist on taking you.

Filed under: asia, asia, kuang si falls, luang prabang, something good