Chinese Visa, originally uploaded by Mister Wind-Up Bird. In a few hours, we will be departing Bangkok for Australia, arriving four months to the day from our wedding. Our Chinese visas remain unstamped in our passports. Nepal and India remain unvisited. But as the cliche goes, they’ll still be there for our next trip. Our…
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Soi Bar in Chiang Mai
Soi Bar in Chiang Mai, originally uploaded by Mister Wind-Up Bird. Ah, Chiang Mai. I’m not even sure how many days we’ve been here, but it’s been a while. We’d been talking about finding a place to hang out and relax for a while, and it seems we’ve found it. The old city at the…
Ziplining for the Brave Coward
get ready to drop, originally uploaded by Mister Wind-Up Bird. After a few days in Bangkok watching bad movies, knocking back happy hour drinks and swimming in a hotel pool mostly used by sunbathing Russian prostitutes, we decided our injuries were healed enough to take a train north to the pleasantly touristed city of Chiang…
Breakfast On The River Kwai
Breakfast On The River Kwai, originally uploaded by Mister Wind-Up Bird. Kanchanaburi is the kind of place you could plan to visit for a couple of days and end up staying a couple of weeks. Â About two hours from Bangkok by bus, but a world away in terms of pace, it’s a town whose tourism…