24 August 2013 – Petrozavodsk, Russia
A late lunch and a cameo by Jenia’s grandma.
A late lunch and a cameo by Jenia’s grandma.
A tour of our fancy pants hotel on the campus of Wuhan Science and Technology University.
Sergey checks in for the 4 o’clock from Bangkok Dental Hospital where he has been spending every afternoon this week getting his root canal re-d0ne (after a not so nice job in the US). Ah Thailand, even your dentist offices are nicer than elsehwere in the world (ahem).
Epic celebration of Songkran, otherwise known as Pi Mai, in Savannakhet, Laos. All towns, villages, and cities up and down Laos take the three day New Year holiday with utmost devotion – much water is poured, probably as much Beer Lao is consumed, and everyone is out to have a good time. On our first foray…
There is an incredible culture of “hidden” indie cafes in Saigon. These cafe establishments look like they were transplanted from Brooklyn, but in a cool twist they are actually impossible to find unless you know the exact address and directions — which usually go something like this: walk into an alley off street y, pass…
The world’s tallest Buddhist carving — the 71-meter Buddha in Leshan, China. Plus a few new friends 🙂