I have been slow to wrap up the trip, distracted by a series of events in Shenzhen and around China that have conspired against my efforts to keep a timely log of activity here. Nevertheless, I am pressing onward, picking up the thread of the story from Luang Prabang, where we dropped down on an… Read More Move Along Home
The three of us set out by foot from the roadside, sharing a backpack between us and lugging over a dozen liters of water for the two-day jungle trek. Our guide, Pen, a young Lao man, led the way up the dirt road on into the jungle, informing us at the first little river crossing… Read More Stepping Back in Time
We left late on a Friday night, freed from school obligations by the impending midterms week which arrived in conjunction with the May 1 holiday, and instead came into Kuala Lumpur late, where we whiled away our 8 hour layover at the food court cafeteria under some fluorescent lighting. After this seeming eternity we boarded… Read More Laos!
Zak Abroad 