I have a arrived in CHIANG MAI

Finally!


The long wait is over, I booked my flight in March of this year and it has been a long winter so to speak! But! I'm here now and I am taking advantage of the experience I've acquired while visiting Chiang Mai in the past.

Lets start with the 11 hour flight to Beijing, 1.5 hour layover and finally the 5 hour flight to Chiang Mai. Mannnn thats a long flight.. as worth it as it is .. my back, neck and legs were glad when it finished. I don't think I'll ever get used to flights that long.

The silver lining to this flight which made a big difference is as of February 2019 year I am the proud owner of the Priority Pass Lounge membership. I get six free visits to airport lounges around the world. Vancouver International terminal has a solidddddddd one. I went in, looked around and was a bit underwhelmed initially. Then I saw the light beaming on a small sign by a door that looked like a washroom. It was a picture of a shower head.. I asked the front desk how it worked and was then escorted to the shower room free of charge.. I'll tell you a fresh shower immediately before your flight will restore and reinvigorate. Beautiful shower too.. glass doors, lots of room and most importantly privacy. I then too advantage of the free food.

On the commute I caught few odd hours of sleep which was helpful but nonetheless jet lag is real and hit me hard. With all things considered this was one of the flight itineraries that went off without a hitch. No delays, quick layover and I made it out of Beijing alive. I landed in Chiang Mai at about 2200 hours and couldn't wait to see Amphawan / get some sleep..

Ah but first I have to mention what to like transiting through China. You have to first get your fingerprints taken at an automated biometrics scanner, then go through two separate check points before being let though to the flight gates. I have done this twice in the past so I streamlined through, rushing in front of everyone as to beat the lineups. The fact that I had a very short layover motivated me to be quick.

Whats the first thing I did when I arrived ? Well for those of you who know me well... I was hungry.. and wonderful Amphawan is always eager to ask me "you hungry?" most of the time, I am. She brought me to a noodle cart on the side of the road (there are many of these) they have small stools and tables nearby to sit and enjoy. It's incredibly cheap and extremely satisfying.. noodle soup with a choice of meat and a broth that melts in your mouth. After eating two bowls ($2.50 CAD total) I was ready to go to the hotel and rest.

Waking up at 4am I was hungry again, what's open 24 hours... you guessed it Mc Dongs. The owner of the Hotel was at the reception and leaving, he was ever so kind as to give me a ride. For those of you who think Thailand is dangerous.. (of course theres precautions to be taken in every country, including Canada) you are woefully misguided in your assumptions. There are indeed a few things to steer clear of like jet ski rentals,  going into brothels and not establishing a price with a tuk tuk driver before embarking on the ride but overall I would say you are hard pressed to find trouble here unless you go looking for it. Ohh and maybe the most dangerous thing: be on the lookout for adams apples.. don't want that to be a surprise after its too late. After eating I walked back to my hotel in the dark alley ways of Nimman (suburb of Chiang Mai) and wasn't the least bit concerned with safety.

After the sun came up and places started to open Amphawan met me at my hotel and asked "What you want to do" in her adorable accent. At the top of my list was... get a massage and we did. Eat. Eat. Rest. and finally lets go play some pool..

Here is the quizzical question of the day, its actually a two parter:

Part one: When we went to play pool we went to a well established bar with three brand new stupendous billiard tables. The staff racked the balls and catered to our every need (Eeeeeeeasy, maybe not every need...) We got one Micky of rum with OJ for mix, of course. Three large bottles of beer in an ice bucket (710 ml). Two servings of fried egg rolls and one serving of minced beef. Also the pool wasn't free, and we played for three hours. Oh right and then I got an additional rum and coke. How much did all this cost? You can guess a dollar amount that does not include cents.

Part two:  In Chiang Mai, what do all automobiles not have where in Canada all automobiles have?

The bonus question: Guess the movie quote "It's a two liner!"

To win the prize: Closest to the actual retail price of the bill at the billiards place and the other two are tie breakers.


The next day I woke up again very early and had  nice little breakfast across the street form my hotel. What did I need another one of after breaky? A MASSAGE BRA!

This was interesting to experience.. I found a massage place very close to my hotel, maybe one maybe two minute walk. Thamman Massage. Hmmm what are some warning signs when walking into a massage parlour, especially in Thailand. Well, it was much less fantasy compared to the facilities to the last place I had attended the day prior. The cost was almost half (which I will never complain about but good to notice) the lady asked me what I wanted, I replied with a neck/back/shoulder as a have issues in those areas. She recommended the "treatment massage" which was only a little more expensive than the regular massage and I figured whatever you want to make a few dollars extra because of the name of the massage but it's probably the exact same. But sure. Little did I know it was certainly a treatment alright. I had no idea what I was getting myself into. She proceeded to lock the front door to the massage parlour.. this I took notice of. We walked upstairs, I lay on a mat on the ground. She started with my legs (Interesting as I specified my upper body) heres a brief description of the events that followed: 1. lots of intense grunting/breathing by both of us.  2. She says "Oh thats very big eh" and  3. Her two sons show up.  I know what you're thinking, "What in God's name happened!" The massage costed $350 baht ($15 CAD) and I tipped her an additional %50 of the cost of the massage. Let me give you a deeper explanation of what happened. I got the best and most effective massage of my life! Hands down the best, relieved too much stress it was unconstitutional hahaha. No, I did not receive a happy ending and there was nothing sexual about the massage.. I was not even close to be aroused. It was the opposite of arousing.

This woman must have been in her mid 60's maybe even 70's. With all the strength in her hands and elbows she torn my back apart, I had to stop myself from letting out blood piercing yells at some points. I let countless  gasps and theatrical moans, trying to breath and relax.. she told me she had a client that cried throughout the whole massage once and when It was done she felt immensely better and looser. When she said oh thats very big eh she was talking about a massive knot in my back. When she locked the front door it was because she was the only one in the shop, which she owned, and had just opened when I walked in. Banana actually tried to come in mid massage and was confused because the door was locked ! Lol. Then her two sons showed up at the end when I was paying. And I tipped her solidly because she did an incredible job. Right now, the morning after, my back is unbelievably tender and achy. It feels amazing. I need a few days off though because it needs to heal and then I will go back for another "treatment massage" this time with better knowledge of what to expect. If you want a non-relaxing massage that will actually treat your back and you won't enjoy and you will want to leave throughout it - go to Thamman Massage in Nimman. It will help you a lot... after your done.

After the massage we drove about 40 minutes to a place where Banana wanted to take me, We stopped at a grocery store and bought food and a couple of beer for the little adventure we were about the embark on. We arrived at this place where a guy plopped a raft ( 10 large poles of bamboo tied together, about 20-30 feet long) pictures to follow, in a river with two very small seats and a guide who steered jumped on and stood at the front as to maneuver us from trees, rocks and through rapids. At first we floated down the river past elephants who were showering beside us and playing in the water. Then we floated some more and wait! up ahead! those aren't small rapids anymore, I have my camera too.. might we flip?! Hang on! Pretty damn fun.. As we floated down the river Banana was in front of me and I had visions of travel articles I'd seen in the past. I'll put a picture on of what I'm talking about. I felt like I was in a magazine. We sipped our beer, talked and laughed. This was the moment I was waiting for. The moment you realize, okay.. I have truly arrived and I'm on vacation. The moment you start to decompress from the stresses of what feels like a previous life (life back home) and the plane ride that took you to your desired destination. The moment your mind begins to leave the life you left behind and to enjoy the moment and prepare to enjoy the many moments that will follow throughout your trip. It takes a bit of time to get over the jet lag and let go.

I was with a beautiful, intelligent, kind and wonderful woman in a foreign somewhat familiar country with a beer in my hand, elephants around me and bamboo underneath me. Thank you Lord for this blessing of an experience and everything to come. Also please keep me and Amphawan safe, and her kids and... oh also thank you for my parents and my sister and brother and please also my friends lol. Thank you for it all :).

These types of experiences allow me to take a moment and give me a small glimpse into what it's all about. It being life and it not being all about working and money and material things. It being about people and experiences and being good to people too. I think It was my good friend Woodys that said this: You can't takes thing with you when you die, you can't keep your things, you can only keep your memories and things you've experienced. Those stay with you forever. Beautifully said bra I'm pretty sure it was you who said that ? lol

Oh and speaking of things: The winner of a postcard and who answered last blog post question correctly is Philly boiii Liu! Well done. His answer was Scurrah's Mansion of love haha, where I was surrounded by female volleyball memorabilia, challenge coins, a guard dog and whatever else I said. Well done. Josh you were a close second with the BC Sports Hall of fame LOL, hilarious. Those who know Scurrah and that he played and coached female volleyball for his entire life has a leg up in the competition. Valiant effort Josher.

Thank you for all the wonderful comments! Phil, Mom, Leana, Genewad boy (Scurrah), Chanolitos and Josh. For being the first people to post a comment on my first post you have all won something. You will get it when I see you in person ! Well done! For those of you that did not comment: suck wad! If you tried to post a comment and it failed... then also eat sham! You have to do the I'm not a robot thing I think for it to post properly.


After getting back to the hotel Banana and I cleaned up, I took a nap and we were suppose to go meet her friends for Halloween... :( but my nap turned into a 10 hour sleep that brought me into 4am.. so I missed it and felt bad.. But my jet lag is subsiding and here I am writing this. So it sucked but also that treatment massage, the boat ride / beer, sun on the boat and jet lag put me down for the night. And hey I'm still in Thailand so it's not all bad.

Enjoy these few pics I shot:

Good luck on the question and that post card is coming your way Philly !


Love Shaner

Another Year has Passed and another trip is on the Horizon. (Oct 2019). MYANMAR and THAILAND

Good day all,

I'm sitting here surrounded by female volleyball memorabilia, pictures and trophies - tactical gear and challenge coins. Can anyone guess where I am? First person to guess correctly will win themselves a post card from my first destination but you must reply to this blog post on the blog site.

The owner of this stupendous condominium has allowed me to stay here for the final three weeks before my departure back to South East Asia. I'll tell you, the accommodation here is top notch. I wake up from my naps with dinner plated and awaiting my appetite. Cold cream soda chilling in the refrigerator and a guard dog to protect me from intruders and shower me with unconditional love. Why would I ever want to leave?

I will be departing from Vancouver in the last week of October to Chiang Mai Thailand ! Aww yes.. thats why! I will visit with my wonderful and amazing girlfriend in Chiang Mai for approximately a week before venturing off into the unknown. The unknown is one of my favourite things this world has to offer. I have been to Chiang Mai before so I already have an idea of what I'll be doing there - Muay Thai fight, lots of billiards, visit Zoe in Yellow (not sure if anyone remembers that place) and of course like mentioned this will all be with Banana, I call her Amphawan (which is her real Thai name). These things alone make it a worthy trip. Chiang Mai is one of my favourite cities in the world, the food, the culture, the people, the person ;).

After the week I'm sure my sleep schedule will be recovered from the jet lag and then Ka-Bloom! Amphawan and I will be getting on a plane and headed to Myanmar for two weeks. We'll be flying into Mandalay and begin another adventure into a foreign underdeveloped country which has immense culture to offer.

To be honest I hadn't really thought much about travel to Myanmar until a good friend of mine, Chia, travelled there a few years ago and poured with enthusiasm as he described his trip. After seeing some pictures and hearing about the highlights I was sold. This past March I found an incredibly priced roundtrip plane ticket from Vancouver to Chiang Mai ($720 CAD). I started booking everything and here we are 18 days away from a month of travel to white sandy beaches, a hot air ballon ride and a culture of which I have no idea. I'm expecting the country to have the infrastructure relative to Cambodia, everything you need but certainly not the amenities of Thailand or Malaysia. Second world-ish.

Its been a long wait with much anticipation since booking but Chans wedding took my mind off of it for a week so that was good. An exceptional wedding, from the decor to the bridal party, then the venue and the open bar.. the food too.. but the best part was being apart of it as a groomsman. So much fun and so many great memories. Congratulations Channer! Jackie Chan, the Chan Man, Chancellor, or my personal favourite Chan-olitos. The bride and groom looked phenomenal. The limo ride from the hotel.. It was a fantastic day. And then.. the day after an authentic Chinese 12 course meal, with pigeon heads and saliva bird nest soup Mmmmmm haha. Ribs and noodles and jellyfish. It was an experience where Kola and I had honestly an unreal time. Thank you Chan for it all. Love ya buddy.

Alright back to the trip and specifically how this blog will operate. Were gonna kick it a little old school back to 2011. Everyone who really enjoys this blog and wants to win prizes like Myanmar beer, Thai rum, post cards and anything else eclectic that I find along my travels should make sure they make a profile to comment on blog posts. I think you can also make anonymous posts but you have to sign your name at the end of the comment so I know who wrote it. For those of you, mom and, Josh, Zach, Deno, Vandamme, Traydese that I know for sure have already done that are in good shape. Everyone else I suggest you do sooo. One piece of feed back I get from regular readers is they love reading the comments from other readers. DO IT you garn bag holes. It'll take a few minutes and you might win some stuff. I'm going to ask questions for prizes a lot and if you whats app me the answer I will ignore you :).

For those of you that I send this blog link to: please, do not send the link to anyone one else from work, I sent it to you because I trust you won't be telling everyone at work what I'm doing on my travels, as most of you know I'm a very private person. You can always message me and ask if its okay to send it to someone else.  This is very important otherwise I will be forced to make the blog have a password in order to see it. Can ya.. can ya nooot.. don't wad me.

There will be a lot of pictures and I hope to write more posts then usual because I will be bringing my personal lap top. First time for this, which means it will be much easier than before when I had to search for an Internet cafe that charged me up the colon.

Thank you all for your love and support, I love writing this and from the feedback Im starting to feel there is somewhat of a cult following, especially from my earliest readers when I started writing in 2011 for my 6 month trip to Australia.  Josh, Leana (my sister) Traydese, mom and dad, Ronola, and then theres the new age followers that are awesome too. Deno and Vandamme don't read it much which is a sham move so I thought I'd single you both out. Eat Sham you wads. To anyone else that reads it a lot, I love you and thank you. Chan, Woods, Scurrah and Chia  and all the rest Bekah and anyone else.

Again if I send you this link, obviously I don't care if you and your wife or gf read it but please don't send it to other people at work. Always have your pets spade or neutered.

Shaner

The Yukon Territory

I've been in the Yukon for the past 3 months and I have one more month to go.  It has been quite the experience up here from the isolation to the copious amounts of snow and to Dawson City and back - which is my opinion is the best city in the Yukon that I've been to.

Where to start, well how about the five day drive from Vancouver BC to Whitehorse YK. I was very fortunate to have my good friend Woodsy accompany me for the drive. We drove from Van to Quesnel (6.5 hours) from Quesnel to Fort St. John (7 hours) from Fort St John to The Liard Hot Springs (7.5 hours) from Liard to Whitehorse (7 hours) and then Finally from Whitehorse to Fraser (1:20 hours). 

The trip went incredibly smoothly and we were lucky enough to see some wild life on the way up! (I'll add some pics). We saw a heard of Long Horned sheep, while I was mesmerized by one, another one from the other side of the road had wondered onto to the road a little and we almost took his head off - sweeeeeeeeerveeeee and a miss. That was day one.. Then we saw two separate groups of Caribou - which was pretty damn cool, we saw the ass end of a moose as he head back into the forest, we saw a shite load of buffalo and I think thats it...I'll add a bunch of pics at the end of the post. 

When we stopped in Fort St. John we found an ODR (Out Door Rink) which was so unreal to skate around on - it's been many years as I'm from Ottawa and Woodsy is from just outside of Red Deer so we're used to the ORD lifestyle. An un-delightful thing about living in Vancouver and the Lower Mainland is the lack of ODR's!

Then in Liard we hit the hots springs, wicked experience in the middle of no where theres a natural hot spring and the only place to stay is a lodge $169 doll hairs a night. That night was definitely a highlight of the road trip. Then the last long drive was to Whitehorse which was littered with buffalo which was pretty cool. 

While in YK I went dog sledding. If you ever have the chance to experience what it's like to have 6 dogs rocket up and down hills I would recommend spending the $200 doll hairs for a 4 hour day. It was unreal, during the pristine weather conditions they brought me deep into the wilderness, over frozen lakes and through narrow wooded areas. I felt that sense of freedom that only comes over you during special experiences like this. It was wonderful.. So I had my own sled and then I was with one guide and she had her own. every once and a while she would stop and let me know that a steep downward hill was upcoming and to be hard on the brake (a metal piece that step on and digs hard into the snow) after a few times of her warnings I felt like I was a pro and every time she told me I politely nodded not thinking too much about it.. my first mistake.. Theres a really steep one coming up Shane, ya ya ya I've already been down too. Well this one was a step as MOFO.. and I damn near learned how to fly while I caught air and slammed on the break when I was finally able too. you have to be careful for the safety of the dogs too, because if you don't break properly then you can run into them and injure them. They are working their asss off for you too so you gotta respect that. 

At first I felt a little bad because they were exhausted going up a few steep hills. but after a while I could tell that they lived for it. We stopped for. few minutes on a frozen lake to give them a break and take a few pictures. They were going crazy because they want to keep going. once you put that harness on them they were zoned IN. Just ready to tear up the ground beneath them.. it was pretty cool to see. 

The woman who ran/owned the dogsledding company was originally from France and had no employees. She worked everyday of the winter from December 5th to there end of March. She was probably making a killing. She lived in the tiniest little cabin with her husband and 3 year. it was smaller than anything I'd ever lived in and I had some smalllllllll living arrangements. Overall I give it a solid A for the whole experience. 

Whitehorse is a decent city, I expected more from it but it has some hot springs a 15 minute drive away and a solid games centre with 2 skating rinks, indoor soccer, indoor basketball, pool, gym hot tub and booster juice in it. Relatively small city with a population of 26,000, even more interesting the population of YK is 36,000 so only 10,000 people live in the rest of the territory. 

Theres an ODR about a one hour drive from where I'm living and it is the best one I've ever seen. connected to the ice there a an area thats enclosed with a wood stove where you can warm up and tie up your skates.. while looking at the mountains that surround you. That was one of the main reasons I wanted to come out this way. Awesome ..

Oh man, and a few days ago I got back from a 2 night trip to Dawson City, which is a city 7 hours away from where I live. It's pretty far up north. I went there with a guy I met up here and we had a great ole time. It's an old school mining town with so much character and the people there are so friendly. If you met someone once and saw them again another day it was like you'd been friends for a month. I love small communities like that. I was the tail end of the winter season so It wasn't that busy but we arrived on St. Paddy's Day which was the last day of a festival called Thawdy Graw. We missed out on some cool stuff but met a few people that told us all about it and were lucky to catch the last night where there was a ton of people still jacked up about the fest.

It looked like an old western town and theres a tradition there which will rattle your socks a little. I heard the story but can't fully remember what it was so I'll just get right down to it.  Back in the day, like wayyyyy back there was a guy who lost his toe to frostbite. I have no idea how exactly it happened but at the hotel tavern we actually stayed at they have a frostbitten toe on salt. it's black and looks like Bigfoot shite it out of his Jane. You better believe I have pictures of it. Soooo anyway.. Theres captain and he whips up, what they call, the Sour Toe Cocktail. How it works is they pour a shot of Yukon Jack (A sweet 40% whisky - which is actually really good) the captain hold up the toe and says "You can drink it fast, you can drink it slow but your lips must touch the toe" and the she drops the black, frostbitten, human toe into the shot of Yukon Jacks and you drink the shot and toe comes up and touches your lips. Obviously me and my buddy did this and it was a great experience. People come from all around the world to do this in Dawson City. The only place you can do it is at the Downtown Hotel tavern - which is the hotel we were staying in. The time in Dawson was so much fun and nice to get away from where we were staying for a bit. 

On the way out of town we went to see an old mining historical site where there was this huge machine called a dredge. The dredge was used to sift through rocks and dirt to find gold (obviously). 

The during the drive back Blair saw a huge creature crossing the road a little ways in front of us. It turned out to be a pack of wolves! We got a good look at 3 of them and then a few more stayed back in the bush. Really cool to witness. They were massive..

now I'm back at the place where I'm staying and everything has begun to thaw, the snow and ice are quickly disappearing and I've been told that there are quite a few bears up here.. so I'll have to wait and see if I get to witness any of that action. 

In a few weeks I have a another road trip planned with Koliacivo who's gonna fly up from Vancouver.  Were gonna be doing a 12 hour drive to Fairbanks Alaska. That should be sweet. As for now I'll post a bunch of pictures. I usually only do blogs for long actual trips where I'm travelling but this post is for J-Boy as per request. Thanks for the love and support buddy. And also my Mom :) Love ya and happy birthday.. soon ! Oh I saw a lynx a few times too!

 That paper I'm reading me is legally telling me that I can't put eh toe in my mouth or swallow it or it's a $2500 fine. It used to be $500 but people were eating it... nasty

These are the long horned sheep I almost smoked one 

S-21 Torture Prison, The Killing Fields and Phnom Then Cambodia

Its been over a month since I have returned from my trip to Malaysia / Cambodia, to be honest I don’t even know where I left off.. so I’ll just wing it. 

I visited the Killing fields and the S-21 torture prison when I was in Phnom Phen. It was quite an experience tp visit both.. Its difficult to even begin to put into words what it was like.. There was a 5 year period in Cambodia where the strength of the government was lower than ever partly due to the Vietnam war and a man but the name of Pol Pot (or I should say an evil sociopath piece of shit with no soul who is certainly burning in hell right now) began a communist political party called the Khmer Rouge. He led the party and brought in a few bothers and family members to completely form it. The Khmer Rouge (KR) first began by pushing all the citizens out of the big cities, namely the capital of Cambodia, Phnom Phen. They told the greater population that they needed to evacuate because the US was bombing close by in Vietnam and for safety purposes it was necessary to leave the city. In the past the US had dropped a few bombs in Cambodia accidentally due to the close proximity to Vietnam. We’ll namely talk about Phenom Phen but this happened across the country. 

The people were advised to take only what they could carry and walk out of the city. With the citizens not knowing what the future held they complied. While being led out of the city by the KR the KR soldier who were trained separately and brainwashed took inventory of all the citizens. Secretly all of the Doctors, lawyers, politicians, police officers, military and basically anyone who was classified as an intellectual were taken away from the main groups of people and killed. The KR did this so no one would have power or influence over them. KR wanted complete control to do as they pleased. 

The people were advised to take only what they could carry and walk out of the city. With the citizens not knowing what the future held they complied. While being led out of the city by the KR the KR soldier who were trained separately and brainwashed took inventory of all the citizens. Secretly all of the Doctors, lawyers, politicians, police officers, military and basically anyone who was classified as an intellectual were taken away from the main groups of people and killed. The KR did this so no one would have power or influence over them. KR wanted complete control to do as they pleased. The remaining greater population were led to labour camps to farm rice. 95% of these people were urban city dwellers that had no idea how to farm. They were giving just enough food to survive although some died due to malnutrition and starvation. Pol pot them started to become paranoid and began to sen people to the S-21 torture prison where thousands of people were tortured and killed because they were to believed to be working with the CIA - pretty much everyone was not. 99% maybe even 100% because the outside world had no idea what was going on in Cambodia. KR would not let anyone in or out of the country at this time. 3 million people were brought to the killing fields and slaughtered. Finally after 5 years of turmoil  when the Vietnam war was over Vietnamese troops entered the country, saved the remainder of the population and helped to restore a legitimate order int he country. I could go on and on about what I saw but its pretty gruesome, tons of pictures, of people who had been tortured, thousands of skulls, bones, teeth. They had a tree at the Killing fields where they would hold babies…. Babies.. by 2 legs and smash their heads against the tree.. reason being is in Cambodia they believe in retaliation - when someone does something to you or your family Cambodian people then retaliate and do twice as worse to that person or their family. We’ll move on from all of this terrible history. 

After experiencing this I started to walk though Phnom Phen.. Still taking it all in and looking around just imagining the what this city and country went through. My stomach still wasn’t feeling 100% because of the little food poisoning deboggle that I had been through the few days before. I found this restaurant and ordered some soup thing with red liquid. It was out of this world, one of the best thing I’ve ever had in my life, the fusion of flavours were indescribable. I continued walking through the city, stopped and had lunch/dinner in front of the Mekong river called a friend friend from Germany and reminisced about pervious travel adventures. Tomato picking to be exact as we had went through that together in Australia. After I my meal and conversation I walked over to the edge of the river, where there was a slanted 50 foot drop which you could walk down. I sat on the ledge on top and took in all that was happening around me. There was an old man beside me that I began to talk with and feel him out. After building a bit of repport I asked him how old he was. He told me he was 60 something and then I politely asked him if he minded me asking about his time in Cambodia during the KR regime. I sat his and listened and asked and listened and asked.. It was a huge highlight of the trip being able to hear about his story, especially after faint to the S-21 torture museum and Killing fields. I was able to listen first hand to his account, how he felt.. about his family.. that were all killed. It was a very special thing to experience. I bought him some beer and we sat there for around 1-2 hours before he had to go. This was a big highlight of the trip. An educating day hearing about the atrocities that took place in the country but also a community and society that overcame their past, embraced it and focused on sharing their story. Truly special to go through. 

I went to Bangkok for a few days the next day and flew home. 

I’m currently sitting in the Whitehorse Airport in the Yukon waiting for my flight to go back to Vancouver. I’ve been in the Yukon for a month and am going to be home for 4 nights. I will then drive up here (5 days). I’m considering writing a mini-blog for the experiences that tale place while I’m here !

I know Josher would like to read about it :) love ya buddy. Thanks for the call the other day LOOLLL

This concludes my Singapore, Malaysia, Cambodia and 2 days in Bangkok trip. 

It was spectacular. Next November I plan on going to Myanmar for 2.5 weeks and Thailand for 1.5 weeks. 

Thanks for reading 

Shaner









frog in our bathroom on an Island in Cambodia, he lived in a hole under the sink



Any picture with bones, skulls or fragments of humans is from the killing fields



Tandem bike ride in Melacca (Malaysia) and beautiful Banana in front of a hidden bar called the the Golden Shower in Georgetown Penang (Malaysia)



We slept outside on the balcony in this bed on a Cambodian Island - unreal waking up to the waves.





I actually met a man that was one of the few that survived the S-21 torture prison in Phnom Phen and then this bed is where tons of people were bolted down to and tortured..











In the hammock on our beachfront Bungalow on a Cambodian Island and then two lovely locals trying to sell is food. Banana gave them free food :)

Heres the puke picture upon request of Josher









That blue barrel is where we showered and the spider jumped on me.

The guy in the pic was a beauty we played pool while we played int he tournament.