I got back to Siem Reap and I left again. There’s always this thing I want dangling out there when I’m away. It’s beer and food and more beer at viva! It just delivers on whatever I need. No demands. Just a 3 hour bus ride and a haircut at my favorite barber […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

Battambang finals https://mikesthoughts.blog/blog/Battambang%20finals/

New place for coffee. Soulcup coffee #Today in #battambang. Just found on map but it’s next to really nice burger place we will do tonight. Battambang has nice food options. Local food is good and so is international stuff. My wife asked about thanksgiving […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

Well yeah. Important things taken care of. I even had street food meat on a stick things. The Khmer guy told me 3,000. Then laughed and said dollars. I told him only in Phnom Penh. Three meat on a stick things for $0.75. Well yeah. Thanks #battambang.

Battambang day 2 https://mikesthoughts.blog/blog/Battambang%20day%202/

Wenn wir träumen, betreten wir eine Welt, die ganz und gar uns gehört. Ich wünsche euch, dass diese eure Welt heute Nacht traumhaft schön ist. Habt einen schönen Abend, ihr Lieben, 🧡 wo immer auf dieser Welt ihr gerade seid, und später eine behütete Nacht […] [Original post on social.anoxinon.de]

Good morning #Today from #battambang. The weather here is what my wife calls cold. That’s about 19 for the rest of us. Cambodians wrap up in hoodies and sweaters and then brave the elements. Us barang watch them with some amusement. Perhaps like they watch us […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

Battambang day 1 https://mikesthoughts.blog/blog/Battambang%20day%201/

Rest stop somewhere between Siem Reap and Battambang. Nice place.

power and no power https://mikesthoughts.blog/blog/Power%20and%20no%20power/

Sleep was minimal https://mikesthoughts.blog/blog/Sleep%20was%20minimal/

Hello 5am https://mikesthoughts.blog/blog/Hello%205am/

5am and the music starts for the wedding party down the street. Yippee. Definitely a day to go out for coffee. Thank goodness for my wireless earbuds. This will go on all day and into the evening. Then the party starts. It’s only mildly annoying. Especially between songs. I would not make a good […]

Saturday adventures https://mikesthoughts.blog/blog/Saturday%20adventures/

Hello #Today and Summer Coffee. Has to be nicest place on this side of my Siem Reap. Great coffees and foods. All chairs comfy chairs. Welcome to Saturday. Writing. Reading some. Weather has changed to these wonderful days of cool mornings. On the cusp of […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

Feels like Spring. Looks like Fall this afternoon. #photography #chicago

Three weddings and two invites https://mikesthoughts.blog/blog/Three%20weddings%20and%20two%20invites/

Evening comes and so does some beer. Siem Reap downtown with the sky so beautiful. And the beer so cold. Hello #cambodia. You looking good.

Battambang and on https://mikesthoughts.blog/blog/Battambang%20and%20on/

#michigan #fall #sunset a pretty perfect fall sunset

Dialing down https://mikesthoughts.blog/blog/Dialing%20down/

Sunday pleasures https://mikesthoughts.blog/blog/Sunday%20pleasures/

When its coffee time https://mikesthoughts.blog/blog/When%20its%20coffee%20time/

Down Siem Reap River on my walk today. A kingdom of wonder. #cambodia

"Shining snow" while stepping on a frozen lake in lapland #silentsunday #stillersonntag #landscapephotography #xcountryskiing #finland #lapland #mastoart #snowscape

Oak trees #fotomontag #photomonday #photography

Good morning #Today. Siem Reap is lovely this morning. Not so cool as before but the sky split and undecided. Should I cloud. Blue sky. Don’t know. So do both. Great morning to go walk. From our house Family Coffee about a mile. Past a small market and […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

#sea #scotland #hebrides #landscapephotography

Just a memory of sorts. It’s #today and it’s #debian birthday. Light years ago I met Ian Murdock at a Linux show in New York. He and I had worked together awhile at the LSB. I was with this co worker who loved Debian so as we were waking the floor, I introduced him to Ian. He did not realize who […]

Moving along this week https://mikesthoughts.blog/blog/Moving%20along%20this%20week/

writing and going https://mikesthoughts.blog/blog/writing%20and%20going/

#Today I did this. My wife is making Cambodian papaya salad. Spicy! I will get done walking and have to have a bowl. She makes good fried potatoes for me. It took one YouTube video and a trip to the local market for spuds. She also spices them up with fresh […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

Good morning Siem Reap. From V cafe #today along our street. Stop for coffee and seeing a beautiful morning coming along. This walk always turns to another. Then another. Hello kingdom of wonder. Hope you are doing well.

#Today I traveled vicariously back to Taipei Taiwan. I loved really going there. The food. The people. The food. The high speed rail was fun. Wandering the city meant taking every wrong turn for all the right reasons. I spent a month out of three in Taipei […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

Vietnam comes to me https://mikesthoughts.blog/blog/Vietnam%20comes%20to%20me/

The waitress counts the beers. She is accurate. She knows what I’ll do. Will tell me when I’m close or done. Then I pay and get a tuktuk home. My wife only expenses it. She knows I need to be away. Not with someone else. Just away from what it is there. So I […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

There was this time. Wonderful. Fleeting. Forever. Hanoi always gave me and asked me to only be there as I could. 2020. So long ago yet a turn of some switch. A memory served. #hanoi #vietnam

My wife told me #today we would go back to Battambang again. We do not go for any particular reason. It’s just the going. I do love the city and wandering around there. We also decided after rainy season to go to Koh Rong again. We both want beach time after November this year. Finally is […]

Retirement days https://mikesthoughts.blog/blog/Retirement%20days/

A long time rode the train from Hanoi to Saigon. Quite the adventure. Took 30 hours and many humorous episodes like the young Vietnamese men jumping off the train every so often to buy more beer. The food was amazing too. Less than $1 for a plate of chicken and rice and some veggies. Fun times […]

Nice guide to retiring in the kingdom. I love living here. Found this person here I thought I would never have again. She has to put up with me. Our days are spent just the way #cambodia intends them. No rush. Just the speed of moments. #today I’m grateful […] [Original post on cupoftea.social]

Why 430am https://mikesthoughts.blog/blog/Why%20430am/

writing with coffee https://mikesthoughts.blog/blog/Writing%20with%20coffee/

#today khmer soup for breakfast. Nice stuff. We don’t do this often. Used to go across street where we lived to nice little Cambodian restaurant. Miss that. This nice though. Love the noodles.

the barang way https://mikesthoughts.blog/blog/The%20barang%20way/

Cherry Blossom Viewing at Mount Toei: Toto Toeizen no zu, 東都東叡山の圖, by Utagawa Kuniyoshi, 1846-48 #Japanese #Art #JapanseArt #Ukiyo-e #cherry blossoms #shrine #temple #woman

Mastodon is financed by crowdfunding instead of venture capital not because we don't know that venture capital exists, not because we don't have bills to pay, and not because venture capital isn't willing to give money to new social media platforms. VCs don't want a sustainable business, they […]