Paul (FYI for those who missed the travel buddies entry, it's my backpack) took ten years in one plane journey from Bangkok to Mumbai. He had managed to stay clean so far, his pretty pale blue color unstained, no scratches on his soft skin. But that was...

You know that you're in Thailand when, at sunset, you're walking from the supermarket ON a highway (sidewalks? what for?) and you meet a guy riding his elephant to town. And just when you pass him, he jumps down and starts attaching a red bike light to...

You know you've been on the road for too long when you start giving names to your backpacks.