Monthly Archives: March 2012

Twenty Sweet Disasters Later: Curiosity Killed the Blog? Also, I am NOT your toilet slave, people.

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Ahh, the bucket that started it all...

It occurred to me the other day that a lot of people from a lot of weird countries have been glancing at my little page here, and I thought, so how on earth did some dude from like, Norway (for example) ever manage to find my blog? It’s not like I like, promote it or shit. I then did something remarkably stupid, and had a look at the search engine terms that have thus far led people to my dear Offatthewrongstop. Of course some were clearly my facebook buddies (real or imagined) getting their daily fix of my disastrous misadventures, but a shockingly large percentage (like nearly 80% and, yes, I am a dork) were a little, shall we say, disturbing. Ok, a lot disturbing, hence why I’m sharing them with my (slightly creepy yet) adoring fans. What follows, in no particular order, are some of the interesting things that people are interested in, with which almighty Google thinks I might be able to help.

P.S. Anyone responsible for that which is found below is totally welcome to fess up and explain themselves at any time.

P.P.S. Actually they have been ordered. I found it interesting that nearly everything fit into three broad categories, with a separate listing of people who clearly take me too literally and should learn to spell. And / or drink less.  Also I’ve cut out the boring ones :) Read the rest of this entry

Nina’s Travel Rule #20: If You’re Already Drunk in Asia, You Should Probably Get a Bamboo Tattoo

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Koh Phi Phi

Someone, probably my brother, once asked me, upon my announcing I was going back to Koh Phi Phi (my fav Thai island), “wtf, again??”.  Now, he may have had a point, but I don’t care.  I love this island.  It’s home to many of my favorite memories: a friend getting stitches in an open-air clinic, hours spent laughing at tourists jumping ropes the locals have set on fire with gasoline, a day spent discovering that the island’s actually deserted as soon as you exit the backpacker ghetto…  But my favorite adventure would have to be the evening / night / early morning when I decided my body just had to say something in Thai.  Anything, really.  And so, after numerous, repeated, and increasingly annoying requests, here is the official version of How Nina Acquired Her Infamous Bamboo Tattoo. Read the rest of this entry

Nina’s Travel Rule #19: A Laos Slow-boat Might Be Rough, But It Sure Beats the Whiskey

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My seat on the rail, behind Old Frenchy. And yes, that woman did sleep the entire way there.

I love boat travel, I do.  I prefer ferrys usually, but a river trip will suffice.  This does not mean that I likewise enjoy having approximately 34 Laotians sitting in my lap, with baggage, for 8 hours straight.  Yet such was my predicament a couple months ago, with the additional benefit of a seat concocted from an unecessarily narrow wooden railing.  Welcome to Laos… Read the rest of this entry