The Killing Fields and AK-47s

Since I'm traveling again, I'll likely post a few more times until I get back to Thailand. Cambodia, or at least what I've seen of it so far, is rather cool. It's not so westernized as Thailand and even the capital of Phnom Phen still has a very old feel to it. I spent much of today on the back of a motorbike riding over dirt paths, apparently when I asked the guy for a ride early this morning, he became my driver for the day. No problem really, since after I was done experiencing the joy that is the Killing Fields of Choeung Ek the guy knew just how to lighten up the day...shoot guns, specifically an AK-47 and a Tommy Gun. There were more selections on the "menu", of which I have a great picture, but I've already fired shotguns and have plans to fire handguns in Koh Samui. I've never fired an automatic weapon before, and now, having spent more on bullets than I'll likely spend in two days on lodging and food, I firmly believe it's something everyone should do in their lifetime; I plan on framing the target.

Anyway, tomorrow I visit S-21 prison and the National Museum, according to my driver. On Saturday, I board a bus to Siem Reap for a few days at Angkor Wat. I catch a flight back to Bangkok on the 30th and immediately board another flight to Luang Prabang, Laos. From Luang Prabang, I need to make my way through Vang Vien, Vientiane, Nong Kai, and back to Bangkok by the 7th to catch another flight to Chiang Mai, Thailand on the 8th. I'm spending the weekend in Chiang Mai with a friend and then we're flying back to Bangkok on the 11th, followed by the night train to Chumpon and the boat back to Koh Tao for my birthday on the 12th.

That's about it for now, if anything really interesting happens that is appropriate to share with the internet, I'll surely post it here. Hope everyone back home is looking forward to the spring. Cambodia is just as hot as Thailand and I'm really looking forward to heading north a bit into Laos and Northern Thailand, I need a rest from the heat.

Still here...

My sincere apologies to those of you relying on this blog to keep track of my travels in Asia. The reason I stopped posting is two-fold really: drugs and whores; not sure what else to say.

Only kidding...seriously though, when I last wrote I was somewhat unsure of when I'd return home as I wasn't sure where I'd be in Asia. Well, I'm still living on Koh Tao (actually I'm currently in Bangkok, but I'll be returning to Koh Tao in a matter of weeks) and I'm going to stay there for the duration of my trip which ends with a flight out of Bangkok on the 23rd of May. I'm also taking a short trip to Cambodia and Laos over the next couple of weeks.

The primary reason I stopped updating this blog is really that my experiences in the past few months have felt less and less like traveling and more and more like everyday life. I go diving, play beach volleyball, go wakeboarding, bartend at night, etc...pretty much what everyone else in the world is doing.

Rest assured that I'll still have plenty of stories when I return to the states, it's only they are stories I'd prefer to relay in person rather than over the Internet. I hope all is well with everyone still checking in and, again, I apologize for being out of touch for so long.