MontanaRon » trip http://montanaron.com/wordpress Just another ordinary English teacher eclectic expat blog about nothing in particular. Tue, 22 May 2012 06:45:03 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Bicycle Ride to Jang-deung Beach, Yeosu Peninsula http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2012/04/06/bicycle-ride-to-jang-deung-beach-yeosu-peninsula-2848 http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2012/04/06/bicycle-ride-to-jang-deung-beach-yeosu-peninsula-2848#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 23:30:51 +0000 montanaron http://montanaron.com/wordpress/?p=2848 Spring seems to be fully here, with the cherry blossoms beginning to bloom, and azaleas, camellias and other flowers brightening the landscape. As a matter of fact, there’s an annual azalea festival at Yeongchuisan (san = mountain) this coming weekend that I’m going to visit.

So, despite 3 inches of rain last Friday, I decided [...] Related posts:

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Most of these were taken around the New Year holiday, but the Lao people like to start celebrating several days before and [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2012/03/03/laos-friends-2801/feed 0 Laos Kids http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2012/02/20/laos-kids-2768 http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2012/02/20/laos-kids-2768#comments Mon, 20 Feb 2012 01:00:00 +0000 montanaron http://montanaron.com/wordpress/?p=2768 One of the fun subjects of travel photos is taking shots of kids. Children everywhere are ingenuous and innocent, and don’t seem to mind when some strange, old foreigner sticks a camera in their face. Most of the time, I’ve found, they like to ham it up for the lens. As usual when visiting Nai [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2012/02/20/laos-kids-2768/feed 0 Laos-Thailand Trip Report: Nong Khai http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2012/02/10/laos-thailand-trip-report-nong-khai-2751 http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2012/02/10/laos-thailand-trip-report-nong-khai-2751#comments Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:00:25 +0000 montanaron http://montanaron.com/wordpress/?p=2751 So, if you read my previous posts about Wat Traimit and Bangkok, you probably know that I took the overnight train to Nong Khai, in northeast Thailand, just across the Mekong River from Laos. If I recall, this train used to run, more or less, on time; perhaps it was late, but usually no more [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2012/01/31/wat-traimit-2712/feed 0 Laos-Thailand Trip Report: Bangkok’s Chinatown http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2012/01/26/laos-thailand-trip-report-bangkoks-chinatown-2699 http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2012/01/26/laos-thailand-trip-report-bangkoks-chinatown-2699#comments Thu, 26 Jan 2012 03:00:02 +0000 montanaron http://montanaron.com/wordpress/?p=2699 In all my previous visits to Bangkok, I’d never visited Chinatown, except for a crazy tuk-tuk ride on my way to another area several years ago. I’ve read and heard that this section of Bangkok is one of the city’s most interesting and fascinating to visit. Here’s what Lonely Planet has to say about it:

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]]> http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2012/01/26/laos-thailand-trip-report-bangkoks-chinatown-2699/feed 0 Laos-Thailand Trip Report: Beijing Airport http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2012/01/21/laos-thailand-trip-report-beijing-airport-2692 http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2012/01/21/laos-thailand-trip-report-beijing-airport-2692#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 07:16:20 +0000 montanaron http://montanaron.com/wordpress/?p=2692 Beijing’s Capital City Airport (BCIA) is a bit of a contrast to Incheon Airport, although it is a huge, bright gleaming facility. On my departure to and return from Thailand, I had the opportunity to browse around Terminal 3, which could be described as cavernous. T3 is kind of in the shape of a 3-bladed [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2012/01/21/laos-thailand-trip-report-beijing-airport-2692/feed 0 Back to Work http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2011/10/30/back-to-work-3-2622 http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2011/10/30/back-to-work-3-2622#comments Sun, 30 Oct 2011 08:13:01 +0000 montanaron http://montanaron.com/wordpress/?p=2622 After enjoying more than a week off while the students took mid-term exams, I go back to work tomorrow. I didn’t do a whole lot during the time off, but I did get up to Seoul for a few days; I needed to get some more pages added to my passport. I wouldn’t have needed [...] Related posts:
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]]> http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2011/10/30/back-to-work-3-2622/feed 0 Two Sides of the Mekong http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2011/07/14/two-sides-of-the-mekong-2478 http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2011/07/14/two-sides-of-the-mekong-2478#comments Thu, 14 Jul 2011 08:23:39 +0000 montanaron http://montanaron.com/wordpress/?p=2478 I stayed a few short days in both Nong Khai, Thailand, and Vientiane, Laos. I mainly hung out along the Mekong River, and both cities have built up their respective riverbanks.

Nong Khai hasn’t changed all that much in the year since I’d last been there. It’s a pleasant walk along the river, where [...] Related posts:

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]]> http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2011/07/14/two-sides-of-the-mekong-2478/feed 0 Thai Planes, Trains and Mototaxis http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2011/07/06/thai-planes-trains-and-mototaxis-2468 http://montanaron.com/wordpress/2011/07/06/thai-planes-trains-and-mototaxis-2468#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 09:31:55 +0000 montanaron http://montanaron.com/wordpress/?p=2468 This is the first post, then, about my recent vacation in Thailand and Laos. Let me say congratulations, though, to Yingluck Shinawatra, leader of the winning party in Thailand’s recent election, future Prime Minister and sister of deposed ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra. Hopefully, the election will help to unite the country and heal the wounds caused [...] Related posts:
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