Transient Nomadic Gypsy Ninjas

Ubud

2008-05-26T02:36:00.000-07:00

Massages, good food, rice terreces, and family.

Kuta

2008-05-26T00:46:00.001-07:00

Scuba in wreck dive, surfing, eating, and getting extorted by local authorities.

Gili Trawanngan and Gili Meno

2008-05-25T23:51:00.000-07:00

Planting trees, snorkling with sea turtles, eco sustainable living, and mushroom shakes- long live the gili's

Kuala Lumpur

2008-05-25T23:44:00.000-07:00

Manila- Family, Balut and Smog

2008-05-02T21:11:00.000-07:00

Mad time with the Fam- and of course... Devin's true Philippina initiation- Balut: Boiled duck fetus embrio, a local delicacy. Bigg shot to JB. Chonki taiyo.

Sagada- Baguio

2008-04-07T20:58:00.000-07:00

We rode on top of a jeepney for hours to arrive in these mountain provinces. Caves, hanging coffins, traditional life, and much more. Most of which can't be put on the blog due to incrimination technicalities. Stories.....

Batad

2008-04-07T20:57:00.000-07:00

Batad is often described as the most picturesque village on earth and was once a UNESCO world herritage site for the "8th wonder of the world". What ever people call it, Batad is our favorite place in the world. It is pure magic, soul, and history. It is like stepping back in time, or walking through a painting. You can walk for three days and still be surrounded by rice terraces which have been there for over 2000 years. We stayed there for over a week and were not even ready to leave when we did. The worst part about it is that all of our best photos were somehow not saved properly and we were not able to put them on the blog.... stupid. Enjoy what we were able to save.

Banaue

2008-04-07T20:56:00.001-07:00

The Rugged Cordillera Mountains- Banaue: the entry point of the Rice terraces of the Ifugao people. Every where you go there are children, teens, women, men, and old people with red mouths- a sign of chewing beatlenut (moma). Often times you will see an old man in a loin cloth, spear, and tattoos covering his arms and chest. Old ladies with matching tattoos will give you a big red smile and keep walking with there heavy loads that they have been carrying for hours.

Manila

2008-04-07T20:55:00.000-07:00

Chillen with the Famalam.

Palawan-Puerto Princesa/Sabang/El nido

2008-04-07T20:53:00.000-07:00

Palawan = Paradise on earth. Probably one of the most beautiful places in the world and favorites of the PI trip. We spent our time relaxing on the beach and in bungalows, navagating underground rivers in caves that extend further than a mile into the island, and island hopping to some of the nicest beaches in the world. Unfortunately we wern't able to go scuba diving due to my injuries- but the area is claimed to be the favorite of jaque custeaou.

Cebu

2008-04-07T20:51:00.000-07:00

When we arrived in the PI we were welcomed by Joe- family friend. He put us up in his houses and took good care of us. We stayed in a nipa hut on the cliffs overlooking the ocean.

We also went to Negros and Panay where we were invited on a motor cycle trip around the island. After the gang of 20+ riders had taken a wrong turn on a shitty back road I was fortunate enough to hit a pot hole deep enough to bury a small body in at about 50mph. There was a cross there signifying the death of someone else who braved the road. I spent 2 days in the hospital and about a month recovering. My worst injury was the wound on my elbow which you could see my bone through. The nurse who was training decided that 3 stitches was enough to put it back together.

Devin made it out of the situation without a scratch.

Coco Tabo

2008-04-07T20:49:00.000-07:00

Respect to coco- cool japanese dread who owns a self sustaining farm in okinawa. We had fun making music and talking about the world. Mus link again- bless.

Pai Thailand- Reggae Festival

2008-02-15T00:28:00.000-08:00

After our time in Laos, we rushed to get to Pai in northern thailand for a two day reggae festival. We had some friends performing and had an amazing time at the festival and exploring Pai on a motorbike. The area is beautiul surrounded by mountains, waterfalls, and hotsprings. All of the people that live in the area are from the shan hill tribes- they either dress like thai rasta- cowboys, or thai native americans. There is alot of love in this place. I even had a chance to preform at a reggae club with a full band on the following evening with fantuzzi, shoshana, and cocotabo. Mad respectuals.

Laos

2008-02-13T04:28:00.001-08:00

Laos is pretty close to being one of the best place on earth. Cheap everything, wonderful people, beautifull landscape, and laid back vibrations for all. We were only there for 2 and a half weeks because we were rushing to get to Pai, thailand for the reggae festival which many of our friends were performing at. But while in Laos, we spent our days relaxing and soaking up the beautiful atmosphere and scenery, and on tubing adventures. In Vang Viene there is a river where you can tube down and stop at one of the many bars along the way. It takes about two hours to get down if you don't stop any where. But stopping at the bars is the best part because they all have rope swings, ziplines, and bungees into the river. Way too much fun. In the nights we spent our time hanging our with all of our new friends and playing music. I performed with our new friends, fantuzzi and shoshana at some of their many gigs. Lots of fun the entire time we were there.

*ALL PICTURES ON THIS PORTION ARE FROM OUR FRIENDS RACHAEL AND ESHLY because my camera was stolen. Thanks you guys.

Vietf'nnam

2008-01-08T21:00:00.000-08:00

All photos on the vietnam section were taken by our friend Simone from Italy because my camera was stolen from our guest house in Mue Ne. He is a great photografer, rolls some mean dice, and is a great guy to have on your side when crazy junkies are threatening you with two by fours. He was our travel companion on and off in Cambodia, Vietnam, and Laos. cha cha.

gettin' all Rambo in Cambo

2008-01-08T20:59:00.000-08:00

So our boy Kham has friends in high places (family of the Prime Minister) and we were escorted by one of the body gaurds who is in the military to the shooting range and training facility. We bought the ammo from a lady with three teeth on the black market and went to the range for a little fun. When we got there the prime misiters son happened to be there shooting some of his toys and we got to have an extra special day. My first time in Vietnam I shot M-6, M-16, M-60, and an AK so i had some experience with the fully automatic guns. Since it was Dev's first time blasting off we made it a good one- several magazines, and some pounding eardrums later we were confident that we were one step closer to being prepared for the revolution. We shot some AK-47's, handguns, K-50 tommygun, and my cherry on top was throwing a grenade in a pond.... BOOM. We wanted to do more but sh*t was ex$pensive. Thanks to Kham for helping us out, and Pon for hooking up the black market rounds. ba-bu-ba-buck.

Kham's Cambodian Wedding

2008-01-08T20:58:00.001-08:00

Camobodian Wedding: 2 days, 7 wardrobe changes, 1000+ people, lots of food, dancing, sword cuttting the cake, way too much drinking and partying, and a ton of fun.

Kham is THE homie from back in the east bay. Born in Cambodia and rasied for the first part of his life in a refugee camp, he has come a long way and then back home to his roots. When we found out that he was getting married in Cambodia when we were there- it was on. Kham made our trip, and we had an incredible time with him, his family, and especially at his wedding. Keep killin 'em Kham- prince of Cambodia style.

Siam Reap - ANGKOR WAT

2008-01-08T20:57:00.001-08:00

Temples, history, the land mine museam, palm wine, bbq snake, killer monkeys, and one hell of a way to bring in the new year. Respect to the angkor crew, Kham, Dae, Bi, Bong, Ben, Jayme, Anthony, and of course Dean.

Phnom Penh

2008-01-08T20:55:00.002-08:00

Phnom Pehn is a fast pace city which is rapidly catching up after it's hard times durring the khmer rouge era. The capital and it's citizens have faced some of the roughest times that any people through out time have had to endure. However, the streets are alive and the residents are thriving in one of the fasting emerging cities in south east asia. There is a certain feeling that you get when walking down the streets which only a few decades previous were ridden with terror and some of the most evil acts on it's own people in history. All negative history aside, this was one of our favorite big cities in south east asia. The people are kind and eager to speak with foriegners. We were very lucky to have a friend there who brought us into his family and showed us the real Phnom Penh. We spent our time exploring, eating, and chilling with kham a lam and the famalam. Much respect to the up and comming prince of Cambodia. Thanks for everything.

Koh Tonsay- Rabbit Island

2008-01-08T20:55:00.001-08:00

Koh Tonsay is what islands in thailand used to be like about twenty years ago. There are no hotels, no roads, no atms, and very few travelers. You sleep in a simple bamboo hut on the beach. In the morning the sounds of animals wake you up, and in the evening the hum of generators lul you to sleep. You can walk around the island in a few hours but it is hard to gather the inspiration to go much further than your bungalow which has it's own private beach. We spent the days floating in innertubes in the gentle waters, eating crab and fresh fish, and blessing Jah. Busy, busy, busy... life is hard.

Kampot and Bokor National Park

2008-01-08T20:54:00.001-08:00

We only spent two days here to see the national park, which is a jungle reserve, and was used in the past by currupt government officals to enjoy the people's money at a summer get away and casino. We hiked around the old abandoned buildings, through a path in the jungle which they promised was cleared of mines, and on a really bumpy ride in the back of a pickup truck through some very beautifull jungled mountains. We finished up with a ride through river villages on a boat.

Sihanoukville and Otres Beach

2008-01-08T20:53:00.000-08:00

$2 BBQ fish,$2 for 10 lobsters, $3 hut on the beach, $10 zip of skunk, and happy times. I love cambodia.

Cambodian Border

2008-01-08T20:52:00.001-08:00

All you need to know is that if they say the bus ride will be three hours, add about.. well i guess three more hours to it.

Koh Chang

2007-12-02T01:25:00.000-08:00

Koh Chang... good times, good times. Beaches, bungalows, motorbikes, parties, new friends, blessing of the mic at a dancehall party, and other stuff. From koh Chang we went directly to Cambodia as it is the closest island to the border. I know this explanation sucks but just look at the pictures and know that it was fun.