mongolia is the best
every other country is the worst

mongolia is amazing ( Read more... )

things are beginning to happen again, finally ( Read more... )

things that have brightened my terrible day ( Read more... )

i forgot to mention in this morning's entry how well vietnam taught me to assert myself and how tough i am now as a result. as one final fuck you to the countless people who tried - and often succeeded - to rip us off (the final straw being totally cheated on my bus from hanoi to vientiane), myself and four other tourists refused to pay the ' ( Read more... )

after a grueling 23 hour bus journey (a bus filled with ANTLERS) across some of the most stunning landscapes i've ever seen in my life, i arrived in vientiane, laos last night, to an almost eerie silence. when i was last here three months ago, i didn't notice the calm, the laid-back setting, nearly as much as i do coming from vietnam - a contrast ( Read more... )

Comment here with your name and I'll tell you something I adore (or at least mildly like) about you. (or I'll tell a funny story about you) Afterwards, copy and paste this into your own journal ( Read more... )

i've been too busy to read livejournal lately. when i don't read it, i feel out of touch with my friends. when i do, i feel these constant little tugs at my heart reminding me of everything i've left behind. i walk away feeling disoriented and more confused than ever. i don't know which is worse ( Read more... )

life is about to get really awesome ( Read more... )

i just drank four cups of burmese tea (the most wonderful drink in the world) and at this time tomorrow i'll be in burma on my visa run. i'm trying to find my friend who works in the refugee camps here but my cell phone battery dies every couple hours so it's not going so well. i feel homeless. i am homeless. the bus dropped me off before dawn this ( Read more... )