Postings from Luang Prabang, Laos (PDR)
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Down the River
01/17/06
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Morning in Chiang Khong Thailand revealed itself as a foggy, and not a little mysterious, affair with the far shore of the Mekong, the Laos shore, almost completely hidden in a veil of mist. The first ferry crossed at eight …
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Round The World Trip
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Hymn of the Big Wheel
01/19/06
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A misty haze settles over the Mekong River Valley every evening; it begins to gather as an almost imperceptible smoke around sundown, the mountains begin to look farther away, less distinct and then it builds through the night reaching its …
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Waterfalls
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Places in Luang Prabang:
- Luang Phrabang Guesthouse
- Tat Kung Si Waterfalls
Recent Writings
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Thursday
July 3, 2008
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Tiny Cities Made of Ash
The bells are a constant cacophony, not the rhythmic ringing out of the hours or tolling from mass that the human mind seems …
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Monday
June 30, 2008
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You Can't Go Home Again
The wind became constant on the second day, changing from the occasional gust that would precede an hour or two of torrential rains, …
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Thursday
June 26, 2008
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Returning Again — Back on Little Corn Island
This is a first — going back to somewhere I’ve already been. Generally speaking, the world seems so huge and so full of …
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Saturday
June 7, 2008
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In Love With a View: Vagabonds,
Responsibilty and Living Well
Tim Patterson, editor of MatadorTrips.com, recently published an article entitled How To Travel The World For Free (Seriously). There are some good tips …
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The Orchidaceae of Mexico and Guatemala
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"Those who have ever received a case of Orchidaceæ from the Tropics, know full well that the opening of it is attended with the most ...
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Cross-Fade Anything (This Time For Real)
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Nice Javascript library to cross fade any series of elements in a container element. This one uses JQuery and has by far the best browser ...
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Cross-Fade Anything
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Nice Javascript library to cross fade any series of elements in a container element. Generic and handy (uses scriptalicious). [Update: This one had IE7 issues, ...
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Ficciones by Jorge Luis Borges
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My first hands on with Borges... Absolutely amazing. So far beyond what I've been reading lately (mainly non-fiction and some late 20th century authors). As with Faulkner, I find it shocking that I was given an undergraduate degree in English without having read Borges. That simply should not be allowed. Everything I was expecting and so much more. If, like me, you know Borges through his myth rather than his words, this is a fine place to start. And rest assured, the myths are nothing next to the real thing.
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