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The Top Ten
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It's done! It's over! I've reflected quite a bit about this trip. I'll keep it to myself, rather than getting too soppy on you all. Thanks, everyone, for reading along. This thinger has a counter on it, and apparently there a quite a lot of you crazy internet stalkers! Who are you weirdos??? Seriously though, thanks for reading.
Here are my Top Ten (moments/places/events/people) from the past two months, listed chronologically whenever possible. It goes without saying that this was a difficult list to make ( I was aiming for Ten... did not happen... hence the creative numbering). I just can't understand how I got to be so lucky. To avoid subjecting you to further sappiness, I'm limiting the amount of commentary. However this will not exempt you from being bombarded with thousands photos (currently 16 Gig) in the months to come. I can't wait to see you. Read on, dear Reader, and may our paths cross soon!
1. Kecak Dance (Ubud, Bali, Indonesia)
Made me feel like an alien and a human at the same time... Ubud is a magical kind of place.
2. Borobodur (Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia)
Mind-boggling and soaked in divinity.
3. Security Guard and student at the Sultan's Kraton (Yogyakarta, Java, Indonesia)
Single-handedly restored my faith in humanity when I needed it the most
4. Seeing Aaron again (Bangkok Airport, Thailand)
A moment of simple, complete happiness.
5. Muy Thai fight (Chiang Mai, Thailand)
The music, the fans, the ghetto arena, the fighting, the smoke, all elements came together for a very unique experience.
6. Border Crossing from Bangkok (Poipet, Cambodia)
A ghetto-fabulous adventure that I hope I never, ever have to relive!!!
7. Angkor Wat (Siem Reap, Cambodia)
I will go back one day, spend hundreds of dollars on guides, and learn... there is so much to take in there, it was beyond incredible and you should work to be worthy enough for it.
8. Kayaking in Halong Bay (Vietnam)
An all-around fantastic trip from start to finish.
9. Great Wall (Badaling, China)
Random encouragement from random people, and seeing Olympians doing the same stuff as the rest of us, and being on the Great freaking Wall!!!.
10. First Olympic Waterpolo Game, China vs. Canada (Beijing, China)
My Olympic moment.
10a. Moments in transit with Aaron, aka the silent actor in this blog (buses/trains/planes/boats/tuktuks/bikes/scooters/feet all over Asia)
sphinx, sits, bitch (semantics), Futurama, Hue???, cooking, exhaustion, towels, homosexual hot-or-not, "bullets/shirts/beer", maps and maps and maps, singing, black book, baby formula, "you don't know anything about strippers", William Shatner, wsht!, threats and pseudo-beatings and love... I love "the way you roll"... thank you!
10b. Closing Ceremony Fireworks in Tianenmen Square (Beijing, China)
One of those incredible things that will never ever happen twice and I was somehow totally blessed to be there for (plus I really love fireworks).
10c. The Weather (just south to just north of the equator)
I will take hot-sticky-humid over freezing-snowy-icy absolutely every time.
I'm going to Canada now. Now!! Oh mercy, there goes my soul, exploding all over the place. I'll post picture links, but for all intents and purposes, that's the end of this.
Blast off!!
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