Walked all around Saigon yesterday taking in the sights. Truly enjoyed the Fine Arts Museum, a French colonial building housing an amazing exhibition of paintings from Nguyen Gia Tri, a 20th century Vietnamese painter. Wow, i think that is the first time i described something as 20th century, funny. There are some beautiful buildings and parks ( Read more... )

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heres some pics!

http://pg.photos.yahoo.com/ph/jeronullet/album?.dir=/e4af

I'm in Vietnam now!!!!!!!!!

Went to the beach today for beachside prawns with garlic and rice. The shrimp was huge and delicious! IMed my brother for a couple hours this morning as well. Life is good.

for those of you who have endured my journal for a while, i thank you. i dont seem to post often so i can see why i might be dropped from friends lists or left unread, etc.

anyhoo, for those that stick around i should have some more photos from thailand in the near future and also after that some photos from cambodia!

I just spent the last three days in Phnom Penh inseperable from Kim, a young Cambodian woman. I enjoyed my time with her. She was warm and silly, perhaps a bit innocent and naive. I didn't really expect it to go any further than a few days. Last night she cried a lot when I insisted that I was leaving today. It was an awful situation. I'm not ( Read more... )

Yesterday I journeyed from Thailand into Cambodia. We traversed the bumpiest highway i've ever been on in my lifetime in about 5 hours to the city of Siem Reap. On the way we(our driver i should say) had to bribe some "officials" to continue our journey. I guess after the first payment was deemed inadequate the "officials" thumped the side of ( Read more... )

Heading to Cambodia tomorrow!!!!!! Then to Vietnam and Laos!
I'm excited, nervous, tired, and thrilled.
More pictures posted from Thailand from my mothers visit in the near future...

Well, mom left from Bangkok this morning. I'm very happy she came to Thailand. It was fun to spend time with her here. I basically played her personal tour guide. It was beginning to wear on me after 9 days straight of hanging 24/7 with my mother asking non-stop questions. I have to say she was a trooper though. We were going to a lot of ( Read more... )

I've been living in Pak Chong Thailand for the past two and a half months. I mainly teach English to kids and a few adults. Here are some pics from the new farm, around the house, around town, and also from our class field trip to visit the temples and ruins of Ayuthaya. Enjoy ( Read more... )

I'm in a holding pattern of sorts. I'm waiting for a definite timetable of my mothers trip here to thailand ( Read more... )