ketchup!

Its not that I have been too busy, exactly, to finish updating this site on the rest of South East Asia and the first month of France (or to write much about the pictures have managed to post, for that matter). Although I suppose I have been busy, if busy is what you call not posting because I can't hold my computer over my belly that is so full of cheese, or not posting because I can't be bothered to tear myself away from the fresh French baguettes and array of cheese, or not posting because I am out buying, for laughably low prices, cheese. Have I mentioned cheese? I happen to really like it. In France they love cheese so much that it is its own course at dinner. And lunch. And it is precisely because of the time taken up in my day by the addition of the cheese course that I have not updated the three of you who read this on the rest of my trip(s). That, or laziness. Also, one or the other of those reasons is also cause for some extra weight I seem to have found since my arrival. mmmmmm cheese. It is so worth it.

Anyway, what I have decided is to skip adding a million posts about things that happened weeks ago and start from right now. If you are lucky I'll add in some of the other things when I get around to it.

One in every color

Hoi An, Vietnam was absolutely the most amazing city. The buildings were aging to a sunny chipped yellow and the people were amazingly friendly. It was a town of tailors, prepared to make anything you could possabily wish for in any color or style. The town was so charming. I wish we had more than just the 2 days to visit it. It was one of the few places that seemed untainted by the stream of tourists coming through. The people went on doing what they had always done without any McDonald's. It was one of the few places that seemed to go about a more traditional way of life without considering whether it was going to attract business or not.

Training

Photos taken from the window of trains between Ho Chi Minh City to Da Nang to Hanoi.

Ho Chi Minh City

Business as Usual

Kata City, Phuket, Thailand-

Things are idyllic as we settle into the lazy beach routine. Not much to report, other than peaceful breezes, crystal waters, and bronze skin.

The shady rocks on Karon Beach

The gypsy village near Rawai Beach

A fisherman's wares

By the way, I also added some Angkor Wat pictures below. Enjoy.