If anyone is interested in traveling, as I know a few are, here's a blog post I wrote about my trip through Laos, part travelogue and part commentary on the lifestyle of backpacking. at the beginning of this particular blog i'd just finished a several-day journey rafting down the mekong river.
(pictures are sadly lacking because i have yet to find a computer that allows me to plug an SD card directly in, and i dont have a cord for my camera.)
if you manage to stick with it through the end