Category Archives: Backpacking Addict

Stories of a Backpacking Addict Subject: Nothing Much. Just Living Hi, nothing much. Back in LP. Eating banana pancakes, chicken legs, salads, walking around by the river of old trees, watching Crusty and Nic play with little ten year old novices, and teaching the older ones, getting chewed by three month old baby tigers, playingContinue reading “Laos 1999: Daily Life”

If you can here on a TRANSNATIONAL IDENTITIES or TRANSNATIONAL IDENTITY Search.. The project we are working on at the moment is called “Merging Boundaries: Our Transnational World” 🙂 Thanks for visiting. —————————- Stories of a Backpacking Addict, Global Transnational Identities I took it off coz I went chicken. I am now reposting due toContinue reading “Opium, Parents, and Racists Sexist Gweilos.”

Stories of a Backpacking Addict Subject: Quick Note Mad. Just spent a night with a bunch of expat brats and having a good time. It’s so like HK when I was in school you won’t believe it. Shocker. Anyway we are at the resturant playing pool and the guys let me use the computer forContinue reading “Laos 1999: Night Out With the Expats, Vienchan 1999”

Stories of a Backpacking Addict Subject: Real Live Laotians Had the nicest weekend, one of my classes took me to dinner and then wouldn’t let me pay for it. We went to a little bar first where you can sit by the lake and watch the sunset and then to a place that serves LaoContinue reading “Laos 1999: Dinosaurs, BBQ and Off the Lonely Planet Trail!”

Stories of a Backpacking Addict Subject: Mosquitoe KILLER Hmm. Just killed my seventh mosquitoes of the day. I don’t know if it’s because I got bitten badly the night before, but suddenly they seem to be EVERYWHERE trying to get to my tender and tanned flesh. Grr. Kill Kill Kill. Or maybe it’s because IContinue reading “Laos 1999: Mosquitoes, Lao Aviation”

Stories of a backpacking addict Subject: I got on the Wrong Plane! Just spent the last few days in a place called plain of jars. Archeology site which has these concrete jars that no one is sure who made and why… The town was a dusty frontier town that looked like some cowboys would appearContinue reading “Laos 1999: Wrong Plane and Bomb Craters”

Stories of a backpacking addict Subject: Geography Lesson Hello people. I am in Vientiane (VienChan on some maps) but I just checked my mail this morning and it seems to me QUITE a few people on this list thinks I am in VIETNAM. I AM NOT!!! I am in Laos.. COMPLETELY DIFFERENT COUNTRY.. Lao isContinue reading “Laos is a COUNTRY: 1999”

Diary of a backpacking addict Oh, hell. Now I am busting all my friend’s travel stories, I might as well start doing family members too. This is from one of my half twin cousins who are experiencing Europe for the first time..I got this last week. I love what he said because it’s exactly howContinue reading “First Time Love: Rome…”

Diary of a Backpacking Addict Me being a consumate traveller recieves many emails from others about their adventures coz sometimes it’s hard for any of us to be in the same place.. I can’t help it. This one is too cool not to post.. I didn’t even know Taiwan had a earthquake today. Hi, Yan,Continue reading “First Time Earthquake: Taiwan”

Stories of a Backpacking Addict hah! thats really funny about the plane! im actually in bankok right now, i totally missed you. i wouldnt have been able to hook up anyway as i had to leave the same day i arrived in vientianne. the trip through the mountains was hell but good. after 3 orContinue reading “Today in 1999. Laos.”