T-Minus 5 days

Many of you made me promise to start a new travel blog. Because I hate to disappoint, I have created, ASIA! the blog...
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Welcome back adventurers. In 5 days I depart for the opposite side of the world. With only a single backpack containing three sets of clothing, I will venture off to an area of the world largely unexplored by humans. Well... maybe that's not entirely true. But, I will be off to a part of the world largely unexplored by me.

I am all set to go, and just in the midst of packing. For 7 weeks I will be traveling through Thailand, Laos, and Cambodia with Nico Grundmann - a good friend from childhood currently studying Medicine at Stanford Medical School. Despite his pedigree and seemingly noble intentions, those of you who don't know Nico should learn that Nico is normally referred to as "Evil Max." Hopefully, after 7 weeks of our style of debauchery there will still be a Southeast Asia for the rest of you to visit at some point... if not, you always can look back at this blog, right?

With all that said, I want to prepare you. This is not Germany. Unlike my time in Europe, I am traveling without a computer, to places without electricity, and trying to spend a ridiculously small amount of money (for you BCGers, I will not be staying at Starwood properties... I know, whoa). I do not expect to update this blog more than a couple times a week. But hopefully, when I do update it, I can post some pictures and let you know of past events.

I hope all of your summers are beginning well and that you enjoy the warm weather and a couple of beers for me while I am gone. God knows I will do the same for you, and more, in ASIA!


-Maxwell, Max, Maxyboy, Wallstreet, Gumby, or whatever you call me.