Beautiful pictures!  Have you tried the highland beef?  Is that you with the donkey in the bottom picture?

ha, nope, didn't get to try the highland beef. they looked delicious though. and yes, that's me with the donkey. man, good times. thanks for the reminder. i gotta get up to that farm again

inspired by the topic about eating crocs and turtles... list the animals you've eaten raw. i'll start:

cow, bison, yak, water buffalo, horse, lamb, goat, deer, elk, wild boar, rabbit, chicken, turkey, duck

plus lots of kinds of raw fish, shellfish, and insects. haven't tried any reptiles yet...

your turn

im in texas, but could potentially meet up for this. sounds awesome. i know how to make a fire with sticks. that could make it more paleo. i also have a wooden bow... this could be badass

Cinna, you are just the best!   I like your recap of visit with Lex and aspiring soul!

Seriously, anyone up for meeting in SoCal??   

hey, when's this happening? i would seriously consider it. im in austin, tx but don't have a job currently so have the time. details please!

hmmm, is this a british thing? im gonna go with airplane

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wiLqAu4s-_s

excellent music.. disturbing album artwork

oh man, i love ariel pink! acquired taste i guess but good stuff. got into them via animal collective

well i've been in the US, thailand, laos, vietnam, cambodia, and the philippines while eating rpd. i'd say that all the countries in southeast asia definitely have cheap and easy to find meat. usually good quality, but sometimes it's suspect. the thing is there's no guarantee that your meat isn't grazing in some pesticide filled field. you just kinda have to hope that it's 'organic'. but, none of those countries really are accepting of raw meat eating (at least not raw beef). thailand has a good amount of raw shrimp dishes and fish sashimi is pretty normal in the philippines. also, the philippines has lots of japanese tourists, so lots of japanese restaurants. i actually had some raw stomach at one before i left manila 

but in conclusion, any country that has genuine markets everyday will be fine as far as supply (with the suspect quality caveat). it's still a taboo to eat it raw though from what i've seen.

count me very interested. i just don't know if i have the money to make it over there anytime soon. sounds amazing though. maybe i'll just have to take a rain check

boy, where to start. well, we had a lot of fun hanging out with gs in the philippines. we're now back in bangkok. my cousin is leaving for the US in two days. i still don't have a return ticket. not sure what im going to do, but leaning towards returning to the US. i was also toying with the idea of going to australia to work on a wwoof farm. need to decide soon though.

so i got pretty sick in the philippines. apparently it was from eating over a half kilo of really fatty roasted pork (lechon). it was a stupid decision and i paid the ultimate price. i good chunk of my time in the philippines was spent recovering. my liver became enflammed which caused my right lung to not get enough air. i had trouble sleeping for almost a week. i also developed a rash on my abdomen and back where the toxins where trying to come out.it was miserable. this all happened in palawan. then i went back to manila and gs helped me recover. i learned a lot about his healing techniques. it was interesting because i know a lot about a healthy diet, but next to nothing about healing protocols and such. he showed me the usefulness of kidney cleansing with avocado leaf tea (cleared up the rash), coffee enema (got some thick black stuff out of my liver), and colon cleansing with dr. tam's tea. anywho, he showed me much more aswell. i really have to gave a heartfelt thank you to edwin. he's a pretty amazing person. had lots of fun with him. while i was recovering in manila, he would take me to various places in and around the city. we went to the east coast of luzon, tagaytay, etc.

i'll try and keep you guys posted on my next move. home sounds pretty damn good right now

well some of the vietnamese women are really beautiful, but alot are... not. i think overall, thai women are prettier. actually some of the prettiest (to me atleast) women were the hill tribe villagers in sapa, vietnam. for what it's worth.

just arrived in dalat. it's actually somewhat chilly here up in the mountains. beautiful scenery too. lots of pine trees. reminds me of a more tropical colorado or something.

had a goose egg this morning. wow, it was huge. good though. i also found the traditional century eggs in one of the markets only 4000 dong each (about 20 cents US). they're made by covering them in a layer of clay and rice hulls. im not sure if they usually cook them after but i ate mine raw and it was quite good. the 'white' part tasted and felt like when they're cooked but looked clearish brown. the yolk was salty and stinky and delicious. highly recommended.

on another note, this two month trip to southeast asia with my dad and cousin ends at the end of july. however, i might stay in asia and keep travelling (dad has to go back to work). im definitely want to visit the philippines (and gs of course) and might end up going to australia and new zealand too. so, if anyone in australia or new zealand (or southeast asia) wants to meet up it would be nice to know now. i really have no concrete plans so don't know exactly where i'll be but i'd love to meet up with other rpders if possible.


here's a bonus pic of me in a VERY hard to reach waterfall in chiang mai, thailand

quick update: im in sapa, vietnam now. we just traveled from chiang mai thailand to laos (which was amazing) then to hanoi. sapa is an amazing place. lots of hill tribe people everywhere and probably one of the most beautiful landscapes i've ever been to. the pland for the next few weeks is to go south to hoi an, then dalat, then saigon. then get to angkor wat in cambodia. still doing well diet wise. i've been keeping it mostly raw but circumstances have forced me to compromise with cooked meet and veg a few times which worked out ok. better than i thought it would. i still felt shitty but not nearly as shitty as the last time i tried cooked. not sure why. found some amazing wild mountian honeycomb here in sapa.... good stuff. i've also been able to find cow marrow bones for very cheap here. so that was welcomed.

Did you notice anything from the troubles? Or is that limited to Bangkok?

are you talking about the diarrhea? if so, i had that in ko samui. im fine now though. it only lasted a day.

i find myself eating LOTS of raw eggs here. they're cheap and easy to eat on the go. and they're really good quality. most that i've had have been fertilized and delicious. it's somewhat hard to get meat here. if i don't get up early to go the morning market, im kinda out of luck for meat that day. maybe i just don't know where to get it. anyways, we move on to chiang mai (northern thailand) today. taking an overnight bus. should be neat. there are hill tribes there. also really excited about doing the Gibbon zip line through the jungle.