I’ve been attempting, for a surprisingly long time, to find an organization with which I can volunteer. I’m not particularly specific about the volunteering that I’d like to do, but I want to do something good while I’m over here. After contacting a few organizations and being told they were no longer accepting [...]
Posts from ‘January, 2010’
3 Thai Landscapes
I took all of them today on my way to and from work. First, the sunrise over a tapioca fields
Second, some spirit houses before a sunset. The houses are built to provide the spirits a place to go so they will not bother those who reside inside the nearby. I’m unsure of why [...]
Buddha on the Hill
After a disappointing Saturday, much of which was spent floating around waiting for the wind to gust enough to ride, I grabbed my camera and decided to go find something to shoot. My original goal was to go to the “Sanctuary of Truth” up in Naklua (just north of Pattaya), but I realized that [...]
The Perfect Day
This past Saturday, the first after returning to Thailand, was a beautiful day. I spent the first few hours just lounging on the balcony, enjoying the warm weather and beautiful sights of the Bay of Siam.
The wind picked up in the early afternoon and I was eager to go windsurfing again. By the [...]
Christmas in America
So I flew home a couple weeks ago on a much anticipated trip back to the land of cheeseburgers and football (the one where they carry the ball).
It’s tough for me to write when I’m at home, or even for me to write about home. It’s personal. Suffice it to say that I needed [...]
Tokyo
Here is the sun setting in Japan, you can see the famed Mt. Fuji off in the distance on the right and a majestic All Nippon Airlines plane taxiing down the runway. The majesty of the shot is completed by the stubby but spunky NCA truck in the bottom middle of the scene.