Before we even arrived in Cambodia, I knew the country had a troubled past and one of the results of the conflicts is a landscape littered with land mines. You occasionally read about the Cambodian land mine problem in a magazine or hear about it when a famous celebrity mentions something about it at a PR event. […]
Category Archives: Asia
One Hell of a Ride
July 12, 2007 – 10:55 am
We have heard many horror stories about the road conditions in Cambodia. People frequently disregard traffic laws and you basically need a tank to get over all of the pot holes. One such stretch of road, famous for being particularly bad, is the road from the border town of Poipet to Siem Reap and the […]
Dear the rest of the countries in the world,
July 8, 2007 – 7:03 am
Now I know that I told all of you I would visit. A couple of years ago was when I first started talking to all of you. At this point I know that I look like a bit of a liar. When Steve and I started planning a while ago we told all of you […]
Our Last Few Days in Thailand
July 7, 2007 – 7:26 am
We only have a few days left before we drive on to Cambodia, and there are a lot of things to update everyone on regarding our last several days in Thailand.As far as mosquito bites and fevers go, I am feeling a lot better. I still don’t seem to have much energy and find myself […]
Update From My Death Bed
July 3, 2007 – 7:04 am
O.K., not my death bed, but I certainly have felt like I wanted to die a few times. For the past five days or so, I have been… well, not well. I think I am starting to turn a corner, but after the roller coaster ride I have been on, I am not holding my breath, […]
Call for Expedition Members
June 30, 2007 – 10:57 am
As many of you already know, we have had the crew fluctuating lately. Up and down from 3-6 people we are now down to just Steve Bouey and I. So I thought I would put out this little blog to formally announce that we are looking for crew members. More than that though, we are […]
Blogs, Blogs, Where are the Blogs?
June 30, 2007 – 8:13 am
Over the last week we have had many wonderful things happen. We met with the nice people at USAID, which then lead us to the nice people at Wild Aid. Much of our time is spent here in Bangkok taking care of business as we prepare for the less organized countries that we will be […]
Battle Hardened
June 25, 2007 – 5:06 am
The vast majority of auto commercials you see on television qualify the driving scenes with "professional driver on a closed course." When we first started planning for The World by Road, we though it would be an interesting angle if we pushed that we were by no means professionals… an angle that your average consumer […]
The King and I
June 23, 2007 – 12:47 am
Actually, I guess it is the King and all of us. Here in Thailand, King Bhumibol Adulyadej is greatly revered by the Thai people. Pretty much everyone in Thailand thinks of the King like a father and his likeness and symbols of the monarchy can be found just about everywhere. As you drive through the various cities and […]
The Wild Ride
June 22, 2007 – 6:57 am
Upon crossing the Thai border we had to teach the people at customs to fill out our documents. Literally we were giving them orders as to how and where to put the dates and sign the papers. This is not because they are incompetent, it is just because they have never seen anyone like us […]
