Jalen's journey
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I arrived in Huay Xai on February 8, 2012, looking forward to the Gibbon Experience - ziplining above the treeline, from treehouse to treehouse, swining with the gibbons. Oh, how things wouldn't work out like I wanted.
The boat brought me across the Mekong River from Thailand into Huay Xai, Laos, and I immediately set off to the hotel, t…
This is finally happening! I have quit my job, purchased a Round-the-World ticket, and will be gone for a year. I've been dreaming of doing this for at least 20 years, and I've finally saved up the money after several years of scrimping, and mustered up the courage, to abandon everything and everyone I know, to venture off into the unknown.
Where will I go? I don't know for sure. A few places I know for sure. The beaches of Thailand. The temples of Angkor Wat. Dine on some frie…
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Huay Xai, Laos
I arrived in Huay Xai on February 8, 2012, looking forward to the Gibbon Experience - ziplining above the treeline, from treehouse to treehouse, swining with the gibbons. Oh, how things would…
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Bangkok, Thailand
One night in bangkok makes a hard man humble. Depending on which street you walk down at night, it can make a hard man do all kinds of things.
This night in Bangkok, it was Khao San Road, a…
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Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
I'm a little bit behind on my blog.
I left Malaysia two days ago, but oh, what a time. It can best be described as the The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
The good: Kuala Lumpur, a thriving …
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Phra Nakhon, Thailand
Eating the scorpion
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Singapore, Singapore
Kelvin Crazy stuff, man! Those of us leading ordinary, mundane lives forget that it's an uncivilized world out there. Sorry your trip got cut short.
re: Scorpions and ScufflesSarah K Those are the kind of experiences you will never forget while traveling! Absolutely hilarious!!
re: Asian, elderly, and buck-ass nakedFrank Nice story Jay. Americans often are not prepared for crime and make easy victims...
re: Malaysia - the good, the bad, and the ugly...Theresa Love the blog....a little TMI for me. Yikes!
re: Malaysia - the good, the bad, and the ugly...Sarah What a great story, love the brief little romance!!
re: Malaysia - the good, the bad, and the ugly...- last visited

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- Phoenix, Arizona
- Windsor Park Estate, Singapore
- Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- Bangkok, Thailand
- Phnom Penh, Cambodia
- Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
- Sydney, New South Wales
- Athens, Greece
- Dubrovnik, Croatia
- Prague, Czech Republic
- Phoenix, Arizona
Sarah K Those are the kind of experiences you will never forget while traveling! Absolutely hilarious!!