Saturday, September 18, 2010

The Boys DJ after the Shanghai Sandwich Shop

 

I'm trying to keep this blog up to date, but being in China for the past month has been getting in the way of keepin' it real time.  Right now I am writing from Kathmandu (I can never spell that right) in Nepal.  I am looking forward to going to Tibet for a week on Tuesday followed by the Tatopani trek - which is a trek through Nepal ending in some hot water springs.  But more on that later.

I am sad to say that the Thailand tan I had going for many months is starting to fade and that it will only be about three months before I am back in Vancouver.   Lately, the reaction to the response people have when they ask me how long I've been away (9 months), they have started asking me if I am getting tired of it.  I find that a funny question because I'm not tired of it at all.  I am enjoying myself so much, that it is a bit hard visualizing the transition I'm going to have to go through to adapt to a regular life again.  Usually I just laugh it off and say some people have babies, whereas I like to travel.  Depending on the demographic, you usually get a good laugh out of it or a bewildered look combined with the drop of a jaw.

Here is a brief outline of where I/we have been and where I plan to go for the rest of it:

1. Thailand
2. Laos
3. Vietnam
4.Cambodia
5. Thailand
6. Bali
7. Singapore
8. Thailand
9. Hong Kong
10. China
11. Nepal
12. India
13. Maybe Thailand or London  (If the finances allow!)
 
The best sandwiches in Shanghai at my cousin's deli
Logo - Night club
The guys played a wicked set which made me a bit homesick.  Ceebass & Abasi have a distinctive sound which I have missed going out in Asia.
My cousin with his awesome friends Mia and Mel, who are also from Vancouver but now live in Shanghai as well.
Stay tuned for our adventure to The Great Wall.  Got a little more than we bargained for on that one ...