leaving for southeast asia

[PhillyB]

headed out tuesday at 530am. 20ish hours of flight time across the US and into taiwan en route to bangkok.

among other things i'll be popping into myanmar (burma) briefly, rafting down the mekong and biking in laos, doing some volunteer work in cambodia, exploring southern vietnam, trekking singapore, and spending a week or two in kiribati.

if there's interest in such things ill post occasional pictures and updates... hopefully there will be some interesting ones.

(luckily for me by the time i get back the preseason will be almost underway, so i can skip the anxiety of these summer months. of course i'll now i'll have to check the huddle every day to follow CBA developments...)

[4Corners]

drink snake blood

[Panthers128]

Make sure the prostitutes aren't children.

[God]

dont get aids

[Cat'sGrowl]

What is this you're doing?

[Dpantherman]

What happens in bangkok....ends up on the Huddle. tell us all about it when you get back.

[PhillyB]

drink snake blood

if i was in snake village in north vietnam i would. i'll settle for a bottle of snake whiskey instead:

Make sure the prostitutes aren't children.

actually a large part of what i'm doing is a human trafficking writeup i've been working on for a long time. unfortunately child prostitution is common in southeast asia. its beyond fugged up. the organization i'm partnering with in cambodia does work with an orphanage as well as a ministry that goes out into the brothels and buys women who've been in the industry since childhood and teaches them to read, write, and learn job skills that'll help them gain employment somewhere other than a fat nasty 70-year-old's bed. its pretty awesome

dont get aids

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What is this you're doing?

primarily i'm working with the organization mentioned above. doing work on an orphanage, probably building furniture for it, etc. i'm leaving a week early to go through more of southeast asia... documenting as much human rights violations in burma as i can without getting arrested, then fully enjoying myself in laos (the rafting/biking is something i've wanted to do for years.) i've got a week after cambodia before my flight for kiribati leaves from australia, so i'll spend it exploring the mekong delta in vietnam, then singapore, then brunei briefly.

What happens in bangkok....ends up on the Huddle. tell us all about it when you get back.

i wont tell any ladyboy stories if i have them. if i drunkenly cut off my finger i will post pictures.

(this'll be my third time in bangkok though, and i'm only there for six hours before catching a flight to northern thailand, so i doubt i'll actually do anything.)

[Lumps]

Sounds like one hell of a job, journalist of some sort? I would love to travel abroad...

[Tyler Durden]

don't forget to take the stairs instead of the elevator...

[GritsRgreat]

I think my bro (was in the Navy) has like 7 kids there..

[Chaos]

Who "pops" into Myanmar? I mean, that may have never been said before.

[SOJA]

Have fun man and be safe

[Hawk]

enjoy

[PanthaSan]

Wear a condom....