Southeast Asia

The time was 11am at Phuket International Airport on December 31st, 2012, New Year’s Eve.  I had just dropped off my girlfriend, Hanna, at the airport, who was traveling to Australia and then back to South Korea to teach. I had two options: stay and party at the famous beaches in Phuket for New Year’s, […]

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I had an interesting, eight legged experience taking the bus from 4000 Islands, Laos to Siem Riep, Cambodia.  About halfway through the 12 hour trip, we stopped to change busses at a small bus station. Along the sides of the station were stalls that I went to investigate. I was greeted by a lady(?) with […]

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Escaping to Laos

by Dan Fey on April 29, 2013

As I crossed the border from Xishuangbanna, China and into Laos, I saw and immediate difference in the landscape, buildings, and architecture.  I went from the most populous country in the world at 1.4 billion to a country with only about 6 million, that’s 0.4 percent.  Laos is also one of the poorest countries in […]

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