Digital Dirt #14: Americans Invade - Wentworth Falln

....so Doig and i met these 2 American birds - Kodi n Megen - in Thailand, late 2011. We hung out with 'em a bit, and they were cool enough to show ur round Thailand, were they had been teaching English. Now i made the mistake *cough* of telling 'em they were welcome to crash at the Double Bay commune if they ever wanted to visit Sydney...

*insert ominous lightning + music*

...so about 3 months after getting back from Thailand, i got a message, and the girls were a visitin'. They arrived on the 19th of April, n left on the 26th. They were brilliant guests, but playing sherpa for 'em over a whole week pretty much killed me.

Activities done with the Americans:

• 1) cave camp in the Blue Mountains
• 2) site seeing - Opera House, Art Gallery of NSW, MCA, Town Hall etc
• 3) sky diving (which i had no part in, being a wuss)
• 4) house party (thanks Jane!)
• 5) trip down the farm to Goulburn

Highlights of our wanders through Wentworth Falls, after a night spent sleeping in a cave; below....

• Camera - Canon EOS 450D (digital)
• Setting(s) - most with automatic focus, some with flash, various ISO + shutter-speed
• Photoshopped/Edited - Hell NO!
• When - April 2012

Digital Dirt #13: Americans Invade April 2012: Cave Campn'

....so Doig and i met these 2 American birds - Kodi n Megen - in Thailand, late 2011. We hung out with 'em a bit, and they were cool enough to show ur round Thailand, were they had been teaching English. Now i made the mistake *cough* of telling 'em they were welcome to crash at the Double Bay commune if they ever wanted to visit Sydney...

*insert ominous lightning + music*

...so about 3 months after getting back from Thailand, i got a message, and the girls were a visitin'. They arrived on the 19th of April, n left on the 26th. They were brilliant guests, but playing sherpa for 'em over a whole week pretty much killed me.

Activities done with the Americans:

• 1) cave camp in the Blue Mountains
• 2) site seeing - Opera House, Art Gallery of NSW, MCA, Town Hall etc
• 3) sky diving (which i had no part in, being a wuss)
• 4) house party (thanks Jane!)
• 5) trip down the farm to Goulburn

Highlights of our overnight cave camp with the Americans below....

• Camera - Canon EOS 450D (digital)
• Setting(s) - most with automatic focus, some with flash, various ISO + shutter-speed
• Photoshopped/Edited - Hell NO!
• When - April 2012

...the view from cave + mask:

...jums starting the night-fire:

...jums cave lurkn:

...beds in the cave + morning view:

...dead cars in the valley:

...the minstrel wakes the Americans:

...Doig and Slob cave-rage:

...uhhhhhhhhh:

...Doig makes the morning fire:

...Doig gets his morning eat on:

...cave fire:

....i'm in love with Americans; he said.

Digital Dirt #12: THAILAND 2011 - Ratchaburi Town - Street Walkin'

..9th drop of photos from Doig + My 2011-2012 run-around Thailand, Vietnam + Cambodia below.

...this batch is from Ratchaburi, THAILAND: Dec. 12th 2011 - Dec. 14th 2011.

...So Doig and i left from Kanchanaburi to travel via bus to Ratchaburi - home of the Floating Markets, some damn good graffiti, nice walks, great food + the first out-gay that we found, who was NOT a lady-boy..... Anyhow....

• Camera - Canon EOS 450D (digital)
• Setting(s) - most with automatic focus, some with flash, various ISO + shutter-speed
• Photoshopped/Edited - Hell NO!

Highlights of Ratchaburi town stuff seen when a street walkin' (and some farang bastards who got in the shot) below....

...spotted this street pig, who came up to say hi:

...GOD-knows why a man with a Hitler 'stache is a super-hero in Thailand.....Spotted the sticker in a cab, no idea what it actually stands for:

...large, small, whole and broken shrines + statues - Ratchaburi has 'em all:

...shrine detail:

...Ratchaburi train station machinery:

...was weirded-out when i saw this pay-phone decorated with the Taj Mahal; i mean Thailand has very few Hindus... Guess they just like the image:

...abandoned old Jeep:

...Ratchaburi mosque:

...lotus flower in full bloom:

...lost devil-dog poster:

...some farang hippie + Ratchaburi local who was kind enough to share food + drink with Doig and i:

...spotted in a car, in a car-park:

...eagle + water = hell yeah:

...lost non-devil dog poster:

....farang giant walks past a pot:

...Doig + Ratchaburi local:

...lotus flower dead:

...croc sign.... NO IDEA what it was for:

...Doig @ Ratchaburi train station:

....Chang beer is sick!:

....bird cage:

...just a piece of BLATANT false advertising.... I mean there WAS a car-wash service, but i saw no bikini-clad women. NONE!:

...'should you really share food with strangers?'; he said.