I just tried to access the Seattle PI’s website and to my surprise (since it worked last night), I found this instead:
Sorry, the web site you are accessing has been closed by Royal Thai Police due to inappropriateness such as pornography, gambling or contain any information which is deemed to violate national security.
I’m not even in Thailand, but Laos. Go figure.
http://emwesaasia.blogspot.com/
Made it to the capitol (not the one pictured here). it’s stinky. Passport stuff tomorrow, then after it’s figured out (2-3 days??) we’ll fly to Ha Noi in Vietnam. Can’t wait.
Went drinking and “clubbing” last night with a few boys met on the slow boat, which consisted of finding a bad tourist bar (which actually looked better than most of the crap we have in Seattle), then an after-curfew disco, then a bowling alley after that. No idea what time I made it back to the guest house. Don’t think I’ll go out like that again…it was fun but not my scene at all.
The Internet here is too slow to upload photos, so we should have something in a few days after we hit the capitol. Em updated the blog a little: http://emwesaasia.blogspot.com/ Fat Camp Gibbon was fun but also awful at the same time. It was extremely physical, more than my limit but we made it up and back (even with leeches). Jungle ate her passport so we are on our way to the embassy to get a new one. Hoping to get to Vietnam in a week or so if we can get the passport/visa thing straightened out.
Bored now, going to go rent bikes I think. It’s almost 10am and it’s a beautiful day.
Currently in Huay Xai, Laos. Crossed the Thailand/Laos border this morning for 40 baht and no problems. Sister is updating the blog. I think I will too.
http://emwesaasia.blogspot.com/
Photos, posts, etc.
More photos and blog entries here: http://emwesaasia.blogspot.com/
It’s currently 7:14pm here…5:14am in Seattle. So far, no jet lag.
See ya in 6 weeks!
We made a travel blog: http://emwesaasia.blogspot.com/ though I will possibly cross post here.
I’m setting up a vacation auto-reply for Gmail. I’ve already removed myself from a lot of forums/mailings so my inbox isn’t cluttered.
I need to charge the camera and make sure the card is clear. We’re picking up a few more memory cards in the morning. I need to pick up travel books for Laos and Cambodia I believe, as Em has Thailand and Vietnam. Need to buy maps.
Also need to repack my bag so that I can check the big one and carry the important stuff (meds, documents, books, cards) on the plane in a backpack. Need to do one last load of laundry. I’m gathering a pile of the necessary items to be packed…heaped on the couch in an alarmingly growing pile.
A librarian responds to a mom’s request to remove a book from the library.
Via Tim. Well worth the read.
I am sick and tired of getting junk mail at our physical mailbox. I’ve been signing up with places to limit how much we get and today I finally started contacting companies, starting with the worst offender Clearwire, to remove us from their mailing lists. Clearwire sends mail about every other week and it goes straight into the trash. It’s such a waste. Carl and I have also subscribed to not receive credit card offers in the mail as well. Some days, we don’t receive any mail, which is nice.
Anyway, that’s my rant. I am unmotivated at the moment, so I’m going to make another pot of coffee and start cleaning up the apartment.