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March 13, 2006
erroneous! -vince vaughn, wedding crashers
sorry it has been so long. we've just been having way too much fun to even think about the blog. well, that, and a few days before Christmas, a cat burglar took a crowbar to our door, liberating 2 digital cameras, along with cash, a pair of earrings, a bottle of red label and dorian's belt.
we're fine, and on the lookout for anyone wearing dorian's belt. identifying feature? a crease that dorian claims he can identify. interesting.
the robbery set the stage (literally) for the theatrical display that was the "investigation". photographs were taken, fingerprints were dusted for and elona and i were able to educate members of our fine nation's police force about the existence/location of albania, and about the exchange rate for canadian currency (which, though it was easily accessible, was not stolen). interesting.
throughout the whole ordeal, elona and i kept saying, "man, i wish i had my camera!"
fast forward to january...i took about 2 weeks off of work to "discover halong bay", eat catfish spring rolls, check out houaphanh province, lose to dorian at mastermind and make fun of various ways of saying the word "potato".
here are some pics from that adventure:
ames and dozza on the deck of our halong bay boat.
at the other side of cat ba island after several hours of exploring on a motorbike. (translation: dorian driving, amy talking.) this was one of the highlights of the whole trip- drive ten minutes out of the touristy port area and suddenly you're in the rice fields, winding up and down mountains, past marshes and through ecotones.
amy in the corner of our cramped, cozy boat quarters.
dad, this one's for you. i'm not so sure i'd want to visit the dentist in hanoi...
hanoi traffic = madness
the army cave, viengxay, houaphanh province, back in lao. more than 1000 soldiers lived in this room- a mostly natural cave- during some or all of 1964-74, protecting the leaders of the lao people's revolutionary party during heavy american bombing
view from among the pathet lao caves
bomb crater at the plain of jars, xieng khouang province, most heavily bombed part of lao
plain of jars, site 3, i believe. dorian took several gorgeous photos during our trip - this is one of my favorites.
so that's a look at a bit of our trip. apologies for the delay in posting...can't believe that was already 2 months ago! currently vientiane is getting HOT. yesterday i'm pretty sure it was at least 100 degrees fahrenheit - and i hear it snowed in new mexico yesterday- crazy.
from all of us in ban nongbone, a special thank you to ted james for the endless entertainment we derive from www.chucknorrisfacts.com - for example, chuck norris always knows the exact location of carmen sandiego. help me out guys, in lao: chuck norris tuk tuk meu hu carmen sandiego yu sai (?!)
Posted by ames at March 13, 2006 3:02 PM
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Hi!
I'm writing an article for my company, Exotissimo, and would love to use your picture for my article. It's just a blog posting though. :( Would that be okay?
Thanks,
Chris
Posted by: Chris at March 20, 2007 3:42 PM