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Right now I’m laying on my bed, writing. It’s just after six in the afternoon. I opened the panes of glass facing out and I rolled back the small window to the hall, and now a nice breeze drifts though.
From eight floors up I smell the cooking from the street. While the fragrant smell of [...]
Entries from July 2009
July 25, 2009
An afternoon in Bangkok.
July 22, 2009
Kanchanaburi: end of the trip…for now.
I’m definitely coming back to Kanchanaburi when I have extended time off in October. I’m not sure exactly how long yet, but I will be coming back to just sit on this magnificent porch and fish, read, write, and maybe do a few oil pastel drawings too.
July 17, 2009
Kanchanaburi: Falls, Elephants, Rafts and the Death Railway.
We got up early and caught the tour bus out to Erawan Falls, a national park about 60 km outside of Kanchanaburi.
The national park features a seven-tiered waterfall that you can swim around, jump off of or just lounge around in, plus the hiking trail used to access the different tiers:
July 14, 2009
Kanchanaburi: “Old Florida” Sanctuary.
Later that night, following the amazing banquet at my school, I met up with Ryan and Ian, who were all ready on the streets around Khao San Road. After we got together, we had ourselves a good ‘ol fashion KSR bloodbath and turned in for the night around three the next morning.
With plans to catch [...]
July 10, 2009
Welcome freshmen!
This past Friday I met up with my friends Ian and Ryan, two teachers from Phuket, and we hit Bangkok hard. It was their first night in town.
I ended up drinking too much and almost missed my first of three three-hour classes, but I made it on time with one minute to spare.
July 4, 2009
Day to Day.
I’ve more or less settled into a nice routine here in Bangkok and I thought I’d share with you guys who were curious about the rote day-to-day experiences I have.
6:00 a.m. -the alarm on my phone goes off. At this point, when looking at the snooze ‘menu’ on my phone, should I select the up-and-at-’em [...]
July 2, 2009
Change of pace.
I’ve really enjoyed writing a sort of serial account of my first experiences in Bangkok and beyond, but I’d like to move into shorter and more frequent accounts of my day-to-day activities. From this post on, I’ll try and update as close to daily as I can. For this post though, I’ll give you a [...]
