Hauling Ass Through Vietnam

Nah Trang, Late April, originally uploaded by Subcontinental Drift.
We flirted with the idea of skipping Vietnam altogether, but our better sense prevailed and we got on a bus from Phnom Penh to Saigon. Now we’re on an “open tour” ticket that is taking us the bagillion kilometers from Saigon to Hanoi for fifteen dollars. Read [...]

Going for a Ride on the Day of Hatred

Going for a Ride on the Day of Hatred, originally uploaded by Subcontinental Drift.

This picture was taken yesterday, April 17. Originally known as “Liberation Day,” April 17 marked the fall of Phnom Penh to the forces of the Khmer Rouge in 1975. Clearly, the majority of the population now has no reason to celebrate such [...]

Party in Phnom Penh

Khmer New Year Party, originally uploaded by Subcontinental Drift.

Turns out the Khmers throw down when the new year rolls around. The gentleman on the right is a tuk-tuk driver (three-wheeled contraptions fashioned out of a motorbike, scrap metal, and naugahide). The bottle in front of him was some sort of homemade hooch that he was [...]

Roots Gone Wild!

Roots Gone Wild!, originally uploaded by Subcontinental Drift.
So, we’re in Cambodia.
It’s the Khmer New Year (Khmer being the dominant ethnic group in this thumbprint of a country) and, well, the Cambodians know how to hang. They are crazy for their holidays, these Khmer. The holiday has been going on since the 12th, more or less, [...]

Emily and Boat, Off-Kilter

Emily and Boat, Off-Kilter, originally uploaded by Subcontinental Drift.
So, we went snorkeling. The fish were amazing, schools of them all around you. No sharks, manta-rays, or sting-rays to report, but the marine life was crazy and colorful. The waters around were pretty damn beautiful.

Railay Beach, Thailand

Storm a-brewin’, originally uploaded by Subcontinental Drift.
This is a beach on the Andaman coast in Thailand. The area is a popular place for rock-climbing and scuba diving, among other things. Unfortunately, you have to be “licensed” to rock climb or scuba dive, or at least “trained” or “experienced”, and in the case of rock climbing, [...]