Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam
Back in Thailand after four weeks traveling, photos and videos to come soon, but red-shirt protests possibly to turn violent today, so will cover and update tonight if any clashes with government forces.
Click map to see my route through Cambodia, Vietnam and southern Laos.
Red-shirts protest in Bangkok
Thousands of protestors have descended on Bangkok for the past seven days, and although the rally is losing steam, traffic remains shut in a large area of of downtown that houses most governmental offices.
Resembling a music festival, the protest has consisted mostly of rhetoric, cheering, camping out, and spicy papaya salad – all accompanied by [...]
Covering Clinton’s Arrival in Bangkok
It’s been a busy week in Thailand, as news goes. U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Bangkok on Tuesday, and flew down to the island of Phuket the next day to join the ASEAN regional forum. Clouds covered the longest solar eclipse of the century on Wednesday, but didn’t stop the ceremonies to [...]
No head-butting in Buri Ram
The prime minister’s trip to the northeast region of Buri Ram last weekend was uneventful, as political rallies go. He promised to continue earmarking special projects to stimulate the region’s employment as well as provide irrigation sources and access to cheaper loans for the mainly agricultural economy.
I arrived at the train station at 7:30 [...]
Running into the rain
When it rains it pours, and despite the clockwork rains every afternoon in Bangkok’s rainy season, internationally relevant news has been a bit more finicky in the land of tuk-tuks and durians.
Temperatures can rise quickly in a land that has seen its leadership deposed in 17 coups in the last 77 years, however, and Prime Minister [...]
Running into the rain
When it rains it pours, and despite the clockwork rains every afternoon in Bangkok’s rainy season, internationally relevant news has been a bit more finicky in the land of tuk-tuks and durians.
Temperatures can rise quickly in a land that has seen its leadership deposed in 17 coups in the last 77 years, however, and Prime Minister [...]
AP Internship – Backpack Journalism Takes on Thailand
I’ve decided to take the opportunity of my first post here to pass on some of the details of the voyage I’m departing on Thursday. If it were by ship, the cured meats, fruit, and of course, rum, would already be below decks, with only a few last sacks of flour before the lines were [...]