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Two girls talking
I’m not sure what the context is, but I like their expressions: Taken about a month ago at a restaurant barge in Don Wai Floating Market (which is no longer…
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The State of Insect Farming in Northeast Thailand
Summarized well at the Irrawaddy: Thailand’s Insect Farms Creating a Buzz I still prefer bacon to fried grasshoppers, but not by much.
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Buddhist perspectives
Shooting (through) security bars mounted on a temple window in Laos.
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A fruit on my tree
Oh, my Gac! Or should I say, fuck cow? The tree I planted a handful of gac vines under, in a pot, allowed just one enough shade to survive a…
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School art project
Max and Mina made their own t-shirts at school – I wish they’d made them in my size! The writing under the artwork is their names in Thai script.
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Goodbye to Auntie Merin
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Morning Market, Vientiane
The morning market in Laos has been replaced by a multi-story shopping mall… Vientiane has been hugely developed in the seven years I’ve been travelling there. The best way to…
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sibs
My little bro came for 2 weeks and my little sis for 3. It was all good. thanks, guys!!
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Sarakham Music
Taro came over a few weeks ago, and we stopped by a recently-opened music shop while the kids were at Tae Kwon Do. It’s the largest music store in Sarakham…
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Scenes from a border crossing bus
Been riding a lot of buses recently; this one had the most character. It’s an old Hino Blue Ribbon.
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Yurusare Gyaku Yunyu
“Yurusarezarumono” was the Japanese title for the Clint Eastwood movie, “Unforgiven.” Although I’ve used it improperly in the title of this post, the term, “gyaku yunyu,” means reverse-importing (importing products…
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How I envision the start of Max and Mina’s Jaeger piloting careers
After all, winning comes after getting schooled: This is what I thought of when I read Kevin’s comment on my last post. UPDATE: Adam linked to this video a long…
