into the asiatic void: bangkok may 10, 2000 hola amgios, c’est moi, your ever-adventuring gringo travel fiend. i’m on another two month see-the-world-before-you-die discovery trek — this time to southeast asia. i left for bangkok on may 7th, and i…
South East Asia, 2000, chapter 2, whoa! cambodia
5/15/2000 greetings, compadres– from along the road to — cambodia. just arrived in phnom penh, captital of the country. definitely third (or fourth) world – but still reeking of french provincialism, at least along the mekong river where el mario and…
South East Asia, 2000, chapter 3, oy vay, vietnam!
may 21, 2000 greetings brothers and sisters of the revolution i am now in dalat. vietnam. never heard of it? but biensur, it is the cool-air, mountain-high resort of the country that flies its red flag with yellow communist star…
South East Asia, 2000, chapter 4, easy riding the ho chi min trail
easy riding the ho chi min trail may 28, 2000 greetings comrades, i have been thinking of you all. some of you have gotten quite prolific, creative, and dare i say, verbose (2 sentences from doug warhit! 2 pages…
South East Asia, 2000, chapter 5, geckos on the wall
geckos on the wall almost june, 5/31/2000 hue, vietnam geckos on the wall. little spiny green lizards climbing up the cracked white plaster wall. into your brain. from the run-down hotel across the street from “apocalypse now”, the…
South East Asia, 2000, chapter 6, destination for the new millenium
good, morning, vietnam “hello!” shouted from the roadside, by children, teenagers, women, men, solicitors, beggars, poets, cons…. “hello”. “hello.” shouted back by the gringo american touristo poetcon. up with the sun and the roosters this morning. 5 a.m. tooling around…
South East Asia, 2000, chapter 7, hustled & hassled in hanoi
june 10, 2000 hanoi, vietnam hail, hail, my stalwart cadres, i’m emerging from a cave, as i celebrate my one month travel anniversary – – out on catba island, one of the three thousand spawn of vietnam’s great protective…
South East Asia, 2000, chapter 8, addendum
june 12 vientiane, laos well, i made it. i’m out of nasty/gnarly ‘nam. but not before i saw the national one ring russian-style circus the night before – with trained bears, dogs, monkeys, & elephants. i got the best seats…
South East Asia, 2000, chapter 9, life in laos
june 15th luang prabang, laos life in laos? slower. gentler. more flow, fewer touts. touts = aggressive, vietnamese tourist hawker/scammer/solicitors. what’s flowing here? the mighty mekong, biensur. even vientiane, the lao (rhymes with wow!) capital, still seems a run down,…
South East Asia, 2000, chapter 10, “the trip”
june 17th, 2000 chiang khong, thailand Known for providing up to 36 hours after consumption.What’s more, super cialis cheap this tablet will allow you to achieve an erection at any time when you are sexually stimulated. Over dosage in VigRx…