Topics we wanted to write about, but never got around to:
- Crossing the street in Hanoi: a primer by Mark and Zoe
- Driving a motorbike with one hand while carrying a parasol: a primer by Laotian school girls
- Horn honking as a defensive (and offensive) driving mechanism: a primer by Vietnamese bus drivers
- Regional variation [...]
Entries from February 2010
February 26, 2010
Contemplated blog posts
February 23, 2010
Hanoi, Vietnam! Bonus: new photos
New photos posted again at www.flickr.com/markrbeattie. Please enjoy as each upload is a dedicated act of love involving very low bandwidth, 10 year old computers, Windows and a hubby gnawing hungrily on his arm upstairs in the hotel room.
There’s one photo set for Laos, including the epic Mekong River ride (though we later [...]
February 11, 2010
Vivre le Roi
Thais love their king, Bhumibol Adulyadej, also known as Rama IX. He’s been on the throne since 1946, longer than any other Thai monarch. Now, however, he’s in the hospital as speculation rages over whether he will be replaced by his neer-do-well son or more beloved, but less likely for succession because she’s a [...]
February 9, 2010
Climbing Crazy Horse in Chiang Mai
We got in a couple of days of climbing here in the 5th largest city in Thailand. The Crazy Horse Buttress is a local crag that’s been well developed by climbers from the city’s only climbing shop, CMRC. They run guiding services but also for 250 Baht they’ll shuttle you to the crag and feed [...]
February 9, 2010
Photos!
There have been requests for more photos (or really any photos since KL) so we spent several hours at the internet cafe yesterday. It’s not all there but such are the limits of Thai bandwidth. In the future we’ll resize before uploading.
Click links for the Flickr sets:
Rock climbing in Southern Thailand
Cambodia and Angkor Wat
Food!
Chiang Mai [...]
February 3, 2010
Sunset at Angkor Wat
People are like sheep. Tell them that this particular temple on this particular hill is THE place to view the sunset, and they’ll go there (or their tour buses will take them). As a result, come 5pm the normally overrun temples are nearly empty for the rest of us, and there is a [...]
February 3, 2010
Cambodia by bicycle
It is a truth universally acknowledged in Siem Reap that a foreigner on the street must be in need of a tuk tuk (technically, these are not tuk tuks, they are moto-remorques, a trailer hitched to a scooter, but that’s a rather big French mouthful). It could be 9 o’clock at night, you could [...]
