In late, late December 2010, I bolted cold South Korea for warm, Southeast Asia. I returned here to South Korea on February 10, 2011.
This is a photo essay of that trip.
I started in Bangkok, went west to Kanchanaburi by bus, then back to Bangkok, then up to Chiang Mai by train, then to Laos by van, then to Luang Prabang by boat, then to Vientiene by bus, back to Bangkok by train, by train to (Butterworth) Penang in Malaysia, by bus to Cherating in Pahang, Malaysia, then to Kuala Lumpur by bus, and by train back to Bangkok via
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Dr. Samuel Umereweneza I met this man, originally from Rwanda, and now teaching public health at the...
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Reclining Buddha in Nakhon Pathom According to Craig Whatson and several other sources the chedi in...
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Craig in classic posture My host while I was in Thailand. Craig did a great job of actually making me...
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Ratchaburi Night Market Ratchaburi, Thailand. January 3, 2011, or thereabouts.
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Ratchaburi to Kanchanaburi Bus On the way to Kanchanaburi. January 4 or thereabouts, 2011.
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Ticket Taker Lek, the ticket taker on the bus to Kanchanaburi. She likes 2pm, a Korean pop...
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War Cemetery Chung Kai War Cemetery, Kanchanaburi, Thailand. Early January, 2011
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Death Railway Tracks of the Burma-Thailand Death Railway. Kanchanaburi, Thailand. January,...
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Hellfire Pass This tree would have been blocking the way of the trains back during...
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Hellfire Pass Memorial Kanchanaburi Province, Thailand, January 2011.
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Our Karen Guide "O" This guy's English wasn't too super, but he had a super nice...
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Kopje Stefanie from Germany took this pic. That's Don, O, Yours Truly,...
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Rick and Guide Pic of me and guide O, somewhere (hopefully) near Da Pat village,...
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Another Karen Guide This is O's brother Don, also a Karen guide. Here he is standing...
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Approaching Karen Village This pic was taken as we approached the Karen village where we would...
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Dinner, Da Pet, Karen Village That's Stef on the left who has been living in Mongolia and...
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Phi, Karen Village Elder Phi, the grandfather of our guides, sang a hauntingly beautiful series...
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Rick and O That's me and our guide O. Somewhere neare Da Pat village, Kanchanaburi...
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Tarantula On our hike out of the village the next day on a proper, muddy track,...
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Collecting Materials for Bracelet. O and his brother Don made us these bracelets out of bamboo and bark...
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Elephant Trek We ended our overnight Karen Village Trek with this elephant ride and bamboo...
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Looking back at Karen village The dirt track we took out after overnighting at a Karen village in rural...
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Caroline Caroline from Switzerland. She had a good attitude.
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Feeding the Elephants Thomas and Caroline from Switzerland feeding the elephants. Kanchanaburi...
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Asian Elephant We probably sat on this poor sucker for I don't know how long. Photo by...
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