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Speaking of the Swedes, we got an email from them the other day! They were packing up to go home too.
4 months agoGregory, As the main representative of the BruceStats Organization ™ I sincerely apologize for the delay. I forgot how busy my life is when I'm home and it almost makes me want to go back to Asia no matter how hot it is. BruceStats and my Final Thoughts will be forthcoming as soon as I can get my act together. Thank you for wondering about the Pink Eggs especially, but also the Swedes.
4 months agoYou are not the first to inquire on that very very tardy bit of data that we all look forward to. Thank you for the nudge!
4 months agoSurely there are some BruceStats coming up? I just wanted to tell you guys that I really enjoyed your journal. Almost everything I know about S.E. Asia comes from what you've written. I especially liked reading about the excellent (and inexpensive) lodging, the beaches, the food & drink, the kind people, the Swedes, and the pink eggs. Thank you.
4 months agoThank you for coming along with us! The flannel sheets have been exquisitely comfy in the chill of a Portland February-March.
4 months agoAnother fantastic journal! Thank you for sharing. I love your insights and observations about all the smaller things of your every day. So relatable and so beautifully articulated. I’m such a fan.
Enjoy those flannel sheets!
Shoe Goo to the rescue! Bruce has repaired the errant Keen and it's all lined up and ready for the next trip.
4 months agoI had the same thing happen to my very well-worn Keens! While walking in Honolulu Chinatown I kept hearing this slapping noise whenever I took a step but did not immediately recognize it as the sole flapping! Finally went into the nearest store and asked the clerk for some rubber bands for a temp fix. Then I discovered Shoe Goo and the restored Keens made it on our Vietnam trip!
4 months agoIt really is. I've never been willing to spend $200 for a night anywhere but this place might be the one where it would be such an experience that it might be worth it. Comes with breakfast too!
4 months agoWow. That place is amazing.
4 months agoYes, that's exactly right--September of 2020.
4 months agoI’m so happy you made it home safely. It was such a pleasure to join you on your trip. I was always checking your blog for new stories! Thank you for coloring my German winter!!! I really like your way of telling all those “stories”!
4 months agoTom and Jerry and Mister Bean are so popular in SE Asia that long haul buses will put pictures of them on their doors to let people know what will be on offer on the video screen inside. We've seen hill tribe kids on buses who have seen the Christmas Mister Bean so many times that they start laughing in anticipation even before each little skit starts, which is so baffling because what in the world would these kids know about Britain or Christmas or anything else they see on the video?
4 months agoWas that in September of 2020? We had the same numbers here in Portland because of forest fires, it was quite traumatic. Air quality in SE Asia gets really terrible as the dry season progresses. Rice fields are burned after harvest and those who slash-and-burn in the mountains of Laos, Vietnam, Thailand, Myanmar, and Cambodia add to the mess. It's a real problem and those governments have not done anything serious about it. We also have heard that corn growers are drying their crops with 10x Roundup products so they can harvest it in the field using combines. Then they burn the stubble and stalks, now laced with glysophates, so the resulting smoke is extra toxic. It's an awful situation.
4 months ago
Those mangoes sure look delicious!
3 months ago