the asian travelogue (all together now)

after quitting my job in february 2006, i took advantage of cathay pacifics 'all asia pass' and took three months to visit 11 asian countries. my shoddy memory compelled me to take decent notes about my travels. ample internet cafes along the way didnt hurt neither. it also turns out my meager readership much preferred these postings to my stateside ramblings. so, what follows is a largely chronological (and hopefully easier to navigate) travelogue of my journeys with links to photo albums. i hope they provide some entertaining insight into what was a wonderful fall walkabout.

malaysia
[photo album]
9/13: day 1
9/14: down in da bharu
9/15: jesus: alive, well and asian
9/16: last tango in the muddy confluence
9/18: selamat tinggal malaysia!


taiwan
[photo album]
9/19: global and personal instability tour
9/21: i shagged a model
9/22: taipei: a retrospective


singapore
[no photo album]
9/26: singas so far: lost and found
9/27: onward christian soldiers!





viet nam
[photo album]
9/29: evading a laotian elephant
9/30: half-hearted suicide
10/3: guilt soils compassion
10/4: a quick dip in halong bay
10/5: biking the soaring dragon city
10/6: tam biet and adieu
10/7: saigon samanthas homo hotspots


indonesia
[photo album]
10/11: pura pura pura!
10/12: bali memorial
10/13: some of my best relatives are white
10/14: oh dem bali days


hong kong
[photo album]
10/16: the eagle has landed!
10/17: lust in honkers




thailand
[phuket nation party photo album]
[bangkok photo album]
10/22: gyrating sinewy torsos
10/23: alone or lonesome? part 1: hate the game
10/24: alone or lonesome? part 2: emotional laxitives
10/25: alone or lonesome? part 3: bar dribbles
10/30: sampling bangkok glam
11/13: looking local



cambodia
[photo album]
10/26: cambodge impromptu
10/27: stunning angkor





pakistan
[photo album]
11/2: pakistan: the inauspicious start
11/3: privileged access
11/4: in the mughals garden
11/5: dining with pakistani cowboys
11/6: 3 encounters with fear


korea
[korea 2006 photo album]
[korea 2005 photo album]
11/9: home sweet good enough home
11/11: celebrating 90 years
11/12: content with whats next
11/19: holding my liquor


japan
[tokyo photo album]
[kyoto photo album]
11/24: kyoto colors
11/25: clumsy in tokyo
11/26: the end is nigh