http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/posts/2008/03/page/1/ Pfeffer's On the Go - Stories from the Road en Vox Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:35:19 -0700 Copyright 2008 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/miles-of-smiles.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Bill and Marge Pfeffer) http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/miles-of-smiles.html?_c=feed-rss http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/miles-of-smiles.html?_c=feed-rss Fri, 28 Mar 2008 21:35:19 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398eabe430005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398eabe430005-50si" alt="Chiang Mai Sunday Night Market" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce92a970003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce92a970003-50si" alt="Food Vendors on Temple Grounds" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce92ac00003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce92ac00003-50si" alt="Kept Wishing This Was Licorice, When In Fact It&#39;s Vegemite" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48d07d7970001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48d07d7970001-50si" alt="Did You Ever Walk Out of a Bar So Blitzed You Imagined You Saw An Elephant" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce92a660003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce92a660003-50si" alt="Nicely Preserved Wat in Chiang Mai" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce92a240003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce92a240003-50si" alt="Lod Cave Outside Soppong" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48d07d71a0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48d07d71a0001-50si" alt="Proud Parents" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398eab3690004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398eab3690004-50si" alt="Newly Initiated Novice Monk" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398eabe150005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398eabe150005-50si" alt="Quite The Elaborate Costumes" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce92a4f0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce92a4f0003-50si" alt="Monks Who Live on the Grounds of the Wat Are in Charge of Maintenance" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48d07d7260001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48d07d7260001-50si" alt="Marge Outside Mandala House" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398eabdee0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398eabdee0005-50si" alt="Restoration in Progress" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce92a430003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce92a430003-50si" alt="Temple Offering" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce92a580003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce92a580003-50si" alt="Many, Many, Many Wats in Chiang Mai" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48d07d6ef0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48d07d6ef0001-50si" alt="Women&#39;s Lib Has Not Yet Reached Parts of Thailand" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> With more glitz and flash than a Japanese tour bus, the Chiang Mai Sunday Night Market presented a dizzying array of merchandise, food and entertainment on a balmy full moon evening. For two hours we negotiated up Tapae Road i... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/miles-of-smiles.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce91e590002?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/good-vibrations.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Bill and Marge Pfeffer) http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/good-vibrations.html?_c=feed-rss http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/good-vibrations.html?_c=feed-rss Sat, 15 Mar 2008 02:47:05 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48d0334440001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48d0334440001-50si" alt="Where Bill Spent 3 Hours With Another Person" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce488fc0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce488fc0003-50si" alt="View of Tha Ton" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398e6121c0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398e6121c0004-50si" alt="Marge at White Temple - Chiang Rai" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398e612260004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398e612260004-50si" alt="Mobile Aluminum Step Ladder Salesman - Found This Odd" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48d0333d90001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48d0333d90001-50si" alt="Chiang Rai Wat" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce473ff0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce473ff0002-50si" alt="Garden Home Nature Resort Bungalow" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce474080002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; 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margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce475530002-50si" alt="Wall of Female Buddha&#39;s" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce473e10002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce473e10002-50si" alt="Baan Suan Rim Pai Guesthouse in Pai" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398e612340004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398e612340004-50si" alt="Pai Bridges" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398e61b670005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398e61b670005-50si" alt="Harvesting Garlic" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48d03344f0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48d03344f0001-50si" alt="Marge with Spare Tire and Bags of Garlic" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398e61b910005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398e61b910005-50si" alt="Pai Wat" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398e611c90004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398e611c90004-50si" alt="Bill at the Hot Springs" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce474680002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce474680002-50si" alt="Really Nice Wat Set in Hills Above Pai" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48d03345d0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48d03345d0001-50si" alt="Bus to Pai" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Like an episode from ‘Survivor’, I clung to the door frame of the rickety local bus while standing on the lower step, wedged between my wife and another person, challenging myself to hang on just a little while longer, hopeful that someone, a... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/good-vibrations.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce48acc0003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/fare-thee-well.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Bill and Marge Pfeffer) http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/fare-thee-well.html?_c=feed-rss http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/fare-thee-well.html?_c=feed-rss Mon, 10 Mar 2008 02:39:18 -0700 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce1e5ad0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce1e5ad0003-50si" alt="Cruising Up the Mekong on the Luangsay Boat" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce2d7580002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce2d7580002-50si" alt="The Luangsay Cruise Ship Below" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398e473ea0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398e473ea0004-50si" alt="Cruising The Mekong River" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48d0195300001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48d0195300001-50si" alt="Marge Relaxing On Board" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce2d7660002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; 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margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398e473cb0004-50si" alt="Bill on the Luangsay" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48d0195100001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48d0195100001-50si" alt="More Mekong River" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398e47bd10005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398e47bd10005-50si" alt="Amazing Statues in the Cave" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398e47bde0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a6.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398e47bde0005-50si" alt="Bill Checking Out Scenery" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Like a scene from a Mark Twain novel, our pilot deftly maneuvered around the Mekong shallows while his first mate, using a 30’ bamboo pole, continuously sounded for the bottom by repeatedly plunging this pole into the river. Wouldn’t it be easi... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/fare-thee-well.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398e474de0004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/stuck-in-a-moment.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Bill and Marge Pfeffer) http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/stuck-in-a-moment.html?_c=feed-rss http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/stuck-in-a-moment.html?_c=feed-rss Thu, 06 Mar 2008 19:55:35 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398e36fa40004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398e36fa40004-50si" alt="Views form Muong Ngoi" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398e378130005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398e378130005-50si" alt="Great Walk to the Local Villages" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce1d3bb0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce1d3bb0002-50si" alt="Muong Ngoi Wat" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48d00930d0001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48d00930d0001-50si" alt="Everyone Comes Out to See the Visitors" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398e378270005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398e378270005-50si" alt="Cozy Boat Ride Back to Nong Khiaw" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48d0092f80001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48d0092f80001-50si" alt="Mekong Seaweed - Pound Flat, Dry, Add Sesame Seeds, Fry - Very, Very Good" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce1d3cf0002.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a7.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce1d3cf0002-50si" alt="Muong Ngoi Harbor" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce1e5390003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a1.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce1e5390003-50si" alt="Traversing the Rice Paddies" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398e3787c0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a4.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398e3787c0005-50si" alt="Early Morning Alms in Luang Prabang" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398e36fcb0004.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398e36fcb0004-50si" alt="Uh - Hold the Garlic on That Pizza" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398e3780a0005.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a2.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398e3780a0005-50si" alt="Walking Thru a Village" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48d0093100001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a0.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48d0093100001-50si" alt="Ning Ning Guesthouse Behind Marge" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48d0093150001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a5.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48d0093150001-50si" alt="Waiting for the Boat in Muong Ngoi" /></a> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce1e51b0003.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; margin-right:6px;"><img src="http://a3.vox.com/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce1e51b0003-50si" alt="Marge, What&#39;s On TV ?" /></a> <br style="clear:both;" /> </p> Remove the engine from your automobile, strap it on the deck of a boat, shoehorn 30 passengers shoulder to shoulder, knee to knee, on hard wooden planks, then speed downriver, avoiding protruding rocks and stopping at occasional local villages ... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/stuck-in-a-moment.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989e11a3000400e398e371a30004?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p> http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/down-by-the-river.html?_c=feed-rss nobody@vox.com(Bill and Marge Pfeffer) http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/down-by-the-river.html?_c=feed-rss http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/down-by-the-river.html?_c=feed-rss Sun, 02 Mar 2008 17:42:14 -0800 <p class="enclosed-assets" style="margin-bottom: 10px;"> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/photo/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48cff46710001.html?_c=feed-rss" style="float:left; 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On the recommendation of a fellow traveler, we headed north from Luang Prabang on 4 hour minibus journey, a kaleidoscope of stu... <p style="clear:both;"> <a href="http://pfeffer.vox.com/library/post/down-by-the-river.html?_c=feed-rss#comments">Read and post comments</a> | <a href="http://www.vox.com/share/6a00e3989e11a3000400f48ce09b910003?_c=feed-rss">Send to a friend</a> </p>