Se c'è soluzione perchè ti preoccupi? Se non c'è soluzione perchè ti preoccupi?
(Aristotele)

Happy New Year in Chiang Rai

nn leggerai mai queste due righe  ma volevo dirti che sei tra le   persone che hanno cambiato qualcosa... 
nn dimentichero mai i momenti in cui, davanti ad un  chai o a ginger tea with lemon,   prendevamo per il culo " le puffe di paharganj " e i freek di Goa ; e le  discussioni su tutti i libri che leggevamo e di quanto ovviamente erano pesanti da portare....
a distanza di quasi un anno capisco perche nn ti ho mai sentito dire che saresti voluto venire qui.

l ultima volta che ci siamo visti avevi ancora 4 mesi di visto e io adesso  sto per fare l 'ennesimo...


Un abbracio,
ovunque tu sia ora...


ti voglio bene

  nn trovo un buon lavoro in qualche Farm si sfancula in Indonesia oooooooooooh YEAAAAAAAAAAAAh

salvato all ultimo momento anche se ho perso qualche bucks..
ma rivedro un amico, dopo secoli mi va di mantenere una promessa  e nel queensland ci stanno li coccodrilli.


no wuckin' furries mate !!!

•You have ever thought that another church or castle is getting old.
•Your hostel having a bed for you to stay in makes it a top five on your list of hundreds.
•You believe that a good shower is if the water is running and you have time enough to clean the important bits.
•Your Swiss army knife is like another hand, and customs taking it is inconceivable because those things are expensive!
•You planned your travel around getting a free nights accommodation on a train, plane or bus.
•You have missed a form of transport due to the night before being a big one.
•Your only concern is whether you are sleeping inside tonight.
•You have become so angry at Australians and their accents that you proclaim to be “not one of those Aussies”
!
•Finding someone who will believe a myth of Australia is the best part of the day, better yet if they tell someone else in front of you.
•You have learned how to say beer in 7 different languages, and subsequently learned the numbers!
•You have thought in another currency other than your own.
•You budget revolves around how much alcohol you can buy in a night.
•You have figured out alcohol level to price ratio, how much of that do I need to get ratted for how much I am about to spend.
•You know the layout of Heathrow, Gatwick, or any major European airport because you have spent a few nights there.
•You’ve met the most people you will ever meet in your life, from so many countries and still can't remember their names, however they just become, oh that girl from that country who did that...
•Not meeting someone new each night freaks you out
•You have hooked up with someone and you don’t remember, there is a high chance that you will meet up in some random place later on, and it will be severely awkward. In which you will probably hook up with their friend. Vicious circle.
•You know the nationality of everyone in the room just by looking at their bags.
•You know there are actually some cool Americans!
•You also know that there are some stupid ones!
•You have cringed at the thought that the hostel you are in is also a Contiki affiliated one and toss up the pros and cons of contracting a VD that night...
•You have smoked illegal substances a near enough to historical sites.
•You see a television like it is something you have never seen before!
•You started a diary but never completed, because your days were filled with other things, like drinking, and drinking...
•You have visited a foreign doctor at least once and confessed to the alcohol consumption question as it was a normal answer, and the look on the doctors face surprises you..
•The lack of mildew smell on your clothes is a reward in itself, thus your day is complete.
•You still think the three shirts you have been wearing for the past 6 months are still fashionable.
•You wear those shirts and pants for days on end, the smell just meshes with other backpackers..
•You have gone to an expensive internet café and received no emails from anyone and feel like a total drongo.
•You have promised to email people about your exploits, however this time was taken up by drinking, and “sight seeing”.
•The hangover factor is of concern when you take into account how far the train terminus, or airport is, and what time you have to be up.
•Not wearing thongs in a shower still freaks you out! (NOTE for Americans - thongs are flip-flop beach shoes!)
•You plan all your future trips around free accommodation, from all those promises people have made you at hostels...

And finally if you have ever had some of your best nights in the hostel kitchen with all of your new mates, because you couldn’t afford a night out!

Then I’m thinking you fall into the category of backpacker. Add some more if u feel I’ve missed some out
- You've put rolls from the free breakfast in a napkin and taken it for lunch.
- No gates at trains in Germany means they are FREE!
- You're getting tired of "where are you from.. where have you been.. where are you going.." - can't they just make a blank questionnaire to fill in and then exchange?!

Added by Pete Moran, Cheers mate - and James Costello!

Your hair is the longest its ever been
Your visa expires tomorrow and you have no ticket out!

[COURTESY OF RETO MEILI -
you know that ur a backpacker, if.....:
...seeing australians wearing shorts, hanging around drinking beer in freezing places without feeling cold is as normal to you as a cup of coffee in the morning
...you can't number the times and countries you have been wandering about, desperately looking for a drinkable coffee in the morning
...you constantly mix up and confound experiences you had and countries or places where it took place
...you can top every traveller-story with an even better one
...you know at least 10 stories (each!) about difficult border crossings, dirty hotels, monotonous food and taxi rip-offs
...you know that strange feeling of having travelled for too long but continue travelling anyway
...you can easily distinguish isreali travellers fom french, german and anglophone ones by their behaviour and looks
...you cannot distinguish anymore between true stories and made up ones as the people telling them have this unemotional long-term traveller "been there done that"-expression
...seriously believe that around any corner there must be en even cheaper hostel, an even better restaurant, a bar with better music and coder beer, but you're too lazy anyway

cheers mate!
reto]

Laurea in antropologia culturale 
Imparare il khmer e il laotiano
Riuscire a viaggiare 7 mesi su 12 ( L 'Australia ovviamente nn vale  )
Vivere  per un bel po in un ashram  e  in un tempio con i  monks
Fare volontariato e Insegnare inglese in qualche villaggio dimenticato pure da Dio
 

poi le cose sono due o mi do una calmata e metto  su famiglia o mi faccio arruola' da qualche minoranza etnica ultra armata e  tribale ( i Wa ad esempio spingono parecchio )e mi metto a trafficare eroina e anfetamine sul confine Thai -  Birmano.. 

That's it ,
Pace e Amore a tutti !

Sarah and The Frog























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