<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234436825770150447</id><updated>2011-04-21T13:59:30.141-07:00</updated><category term='leaving'/><title type='text'>Snooperfish Goes to Asia</title><subtitle type='html'>ben merrell goes to thailand on an exciting trip but will he make it out alive? tune to my blog and see</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://snooperfishgoestoasia.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234436825770150447/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://snooperfishgoestoasia.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>snooperfish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14756029685825855024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>6</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234436825770150447.post-4118852548003980335</id><published>2009-02-25T18:30:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-25T18:36:58.945-08:00</updated><title type='text'></title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UI1bbHZ6IY0/SaX_qbA9SNI/AAAAAAAAABs/_jQaa_s0mX4/s1600-h/camandjamras.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UI1bbHZ6IY0/SaX_qbA9SNI/AAAAAAAAABs/_jQaa_s0mX4/s320/camandjamras.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306928840197359826" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UI1bbHZ6IY0/SaX_qP_MXbI/AAAAAAAAABk/5EprYwlHNQo/s1600-h/benmahout2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 168px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UI1bbHZ6IY0/SaX_qP_MXbI/AAAAAAAAABk/5EprYwlHNQo/s320/benmahout2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306928837237169586" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UI1bbHZ6IY0/SaX_pwO_e-I/AAAAAAAAABc/Ym36IGb98Qs/s1600-h/benelephantbath.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 232px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UI1bbHZ6IY0/SaX_pwO_e-I/AAAAAAAAABc/Ym36IGb98Qs/s320/benelephantbath.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306928828713499618" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UI1bbHZ6IY0/SaX_pyy8AMI/AAAAAAAAABU/1Dmi5GpBhF0/s1600-h/benelephantbath4.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 117px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UI1bbHZ6IY0/SaX_pyy8AMI/AAAAAAAAABU/1Dmi5GpBhF0/s320/benelephantbath4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306928829401137346" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UI1bbHZ6IY0/SaX_pr55WfI/AAAAAAAAABM/jdndsQfvdyk/s1600-h/benandpoytin.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UI1bbHZ6IY0/SaX_pr55WfI/AAAAAAAAABM/jdndsQfvdyk/s320/benandpoytin.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5306928827551275506" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The first four pictures are me at the elephant conservation camp. I trained my own elephant- her name is Poon Yang with the help of her main mahout- Jam Ras. He didn't speak much English but that was okay. The last picture is with one of my friends- Poytin. I met him on a trek we went on for two nights and three days in northern Thailand. We hiked and got to stay at a hilltribe village.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234436825770150447-4118852548003980335?l=snooperfishgoestoasia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://snooperfishgoestoasia.blogspot.com/feeds/4118852548003980335/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://snooperfishgoestoasia.blogspot.com/2009/02/first-four-pictures-are-me-at-elephant.html#comment-form' title='2 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234436825770150447/posts/default/4118852548003980335'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234436825770150447/posts/default/4118852548003980335'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://snooperfishgoestoasia.blogspot.com/2009/02/first-four-pictures-are-me-at-elephant.html' title=''/><author><name>snooperfish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14756029685825855024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UI1bbHZ6IY0/SaX_qbA9SNI/AAAAAAAAABs/_jQaa_s0mX4/s72-c/camandjamras.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>2</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234436825770150447.post-5950427229035995125</id><published>2009-02-13T18:31:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-13T18:44:41.504-08:00</updated><title type='text'>were leaving...... again.......</title><content type='html'>now that we've initially seen Bangkok the real fun begins! I just cannot wait until we get to chang mai because i get to go to an elephant conservation site and I'll get to be a mahout! (Ma-HoOt, elephant trainer!) I really can't wait untill then. I'll keep posting on that.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234436825770150447-5950427229035995125?l=snooperfishgoestoasia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://snooperfishgoestoasia.blogspot.com/feeds/5950427229035995125/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://snooperfishgoestoasia.blogspot.com/2009/02/were-leaving-again.html#comment-form' title='1 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234436825770150447/posts/default/5950427229035995125'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234436825770150447/posts/default/5950427229035995125'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://snooperfishgoestoasia.blogspot.com/2009/02/were-leaving-again.html' title='were leaving...... again.......'/><author><name>snooperfish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14756029685825855024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><thr:total>1</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234436825770150447.post-1457568123768076588</id><published>2009-02-12T23:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-12T23:52:04.832-08:00</updated><title type='text'>cute little girl</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UI1bbHZ6IY0/SZUmYLoU1vI/AAAAAAAAABE/l0Eot5ewAQ0/s1600-h/little+girl.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UI1bbHZ6IY0/SZUmYLoU1vI/AAAAAAAAABE/l0Eot5ewAQ0/s320/little+girl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302186333179270898" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UI1bbHZ6IY0/SZUmSwF3ZUI/AAAAAAAAAA8/AVCVlf4ZVCI/s1600-h/IMGP2361.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UI1bbHZ6IY0/SZUmSwF3ZUI/AAAAAAAAAA8/AVCVlf4ZVCI/s320/IMGP2361.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5302186239887631682" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;these are just some pictures i took while i was bored of some cute little girl.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234436825770150447-1457568123768076588?l=snooperfishgoestoasia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://snooperfishgoestoasia.blogspot.com/feeds/1457568123768076588/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://snooperfishgoestoasia.blogspot.com/2009/02/cute-little-girl.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234436825770150447/posts/default/1457568123768076588'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234436825770150447/posts/default/1457568123768076588'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://snooperfishgoestoasia.blogspot.com/2009/02/cute-little-girl.html' title='cute little girl'/><author><name>snooperfish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14756029685825855024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_UI1bbHZ6IY0/SZUmYLoU1vI/AAAAAAAAABE/l0Eot5ewAQ0/s72-c/little+girl.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234436825770150447.post-4165257315386168047</id><published>2009-02-12T01:46:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-12T01:50:31.609-08:00</updated><title type='text'>pool pics</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UI1bbHZ6IY0/SZPwnbBTkMI/AAAAAAAAAA0/q9V_UWMLxhw/s1600-h/pool8.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UI1bbHZ6IY0/SZPwnbBTkMI/AAAAAAAAAA0/q9V_UWMLxhw/s320/pool8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301845746404004034" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;i had an awesome day at the pool and got some great pics!&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UI1bbHZ6IY0/SZPwnIoYkYI/AAAAAAAAAAs/kp7omur1R1A/s1600-h/pool7.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UI1bbHZ6IY0/SZPwnIoYkYI/AAAAAAAAAAs/kp7omur1R1A/s320/pool7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301845741467636098" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UI1bbHZ6IY0/SZPwnIVZQ1I/AAAAAAAAAAk/gKMwapKADHQ/s1600-h/pool6.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UI1bbHZ6IY0/SZPwnIVZQ1I/AAAAAAAAAAk/gKMwapKADHQ/s320/pool6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301845741387989842" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UI1bbHZ6IY0/SZPwTm26JqI/AAAAAAAAAAc/ptlfEI3kdN8/s1600-h/pool.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UI1bbHZ6IY0/SZPwTm26JqI/AAAAAAAAAAc/ptlfEI3kdN8/s320/pool.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301845405984237218" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234436825770150447-4165257315386168047?l=snooperfishgoestoasia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://snooperfishgoestoasia.blogspot.com/feeds/4165257315386168047/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://snooperfishgoestoasia.blogspot.com/2009/02/pool-pics.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234436825770150447/posts/default/4165257315386168047'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234436825770150447/posts/default/4165257315386168047'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://snooperfishgoestoasia.blogspot.com/2009/02/pool-pics.html' title='pool pics'/><author><name>snooperfish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14756029685825855024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UI1bbHZ6IY0/SZPwnbBTkMI/AAAAAAAAAA0/q9V_UWMLxhw/s72-c/pool8.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234436825770150447.post-6980036848824621366</id><published>2009-02-11T01:29:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-12T01:17:14.089-08:00</updated><title type='text'>10 hours vancouver to beijing? i don't suggest it!</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UI1bbHZ6IY0/SZPob_cyDRI/AAAAAAAAAAM/WQoolifM_fk/s1600-h/ben:vancouver.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UI1bbHZ6IY0/SZPob_cyDRI/AAAAAAAAAAM/WQoolifM_fk/s320/ben:vancouver.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301836753931472146" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;well I boarded the plane and it was packed and by packed i mean packed! i didn't have any room and it was one of the biggest planes you'll ever see like come on! couldn't a guy get a little personal space? and the woman sitting next to me put her elbow on my armrest and leaned over to the point where I couldn't sit strait. it also had the worst movie system I've ever seen and it was soooooo complicated that the controller thing didn't even work! but i figured it out and watched like 10 movies. but I'd watched all the good ones by the 7th hour so i was bored most of the other three hours even my Gameboy got boring! but once in Beijing it was more fun i'm in the business center of the air china lounge (i can't see 20 feet out the window because of the smog) the airport is awesome! you can sees yourself in the floors! I would  suggest, however, flying through Beijing as long as your flying first class!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234436825770150447-6980036848824621366?l=snooperfishgoestoasia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://snooperfishgoestoasia.blogspot.com/feeds/6980036848824621366/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://snooperfishgoestoasia.blogspot.com/2009/02/10-hours-vancouver-to-beijing-i-dont.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234436825770150447/posts/default/6980036848824621366'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234436825770150447/posts/default/6980036848824621366'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://snooperfishgoestoasia.blogspot.com/2009/02/10-hours-vancouver-to-beijing-i-dont.html' title='10 hours vancouver to beijing? i don&apos;t suggest it!'/><author><name>snooperfish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14756029685825855024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_UI1bbHZ6IY0/SZPob_cyDRI/AAAAAAAAAAM/WQoolifM_fk/s72-c/ben:vancouver.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6234436825770150447.post-2688450809853121545</id><published>2009-02-10T07:26:00.000-08:00</published><updated>2009-02-12T01:23:07.968-08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='leaving'/><title type='text'>for the love of travel..</title><content type='html'>&lt;a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UI1bbHZ6IY0/SZPqZp_y-2I/AAAAAAAAAAU/OSXRsKG0l3E/s1600-h/ben:edmonton.jpg"&gt;&lt;img style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UI1bbHZ6IY0/SZPqZp_y-2I/AAAAAAAAAAU/OSXRsKG0l3E/s320/ben:edmonton.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5301838912836270946" border="0" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;i woke up on Tuesday morning at 6:30 in the morning ,ate breakfast and was out the door by 6:45 then drove for 45 minutes until me, my, mom and my dad arrived at the airport. we now have to fly to Vancouver then Beijing then Bangkok in all i have to endure 25 hours of switching flights getting on planes and security but all for the love of travel i hope...&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/6234436825770150447-2688450809853121545?l=snooperfishgoestoasia.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://snooperfishgoestoasia.blogspot.com/feeds/2688450809853121545/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://snooperfishgoestoasia.blogspot.com/2009/02/for-love-of-travel.html#comment-form' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234436825770150447/posts/default/2688450809853121545'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/6234436825770150447/posts/default/2688450809853121545'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://snooperfishgoestoasia.blogspot.com/2009/02/for-love-of-travel.html' title='for the love of travel..'/><author><name>snooperfish</name><uri>http://www.blogger.com/profile/14756029685825855024</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='16' height='16' src='http://img2.blogblog.com/img/b16-rounded.gif'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_UI1bbHZ6IY0/SZPqZp_y-2I/AAAAAAAAAAU/OSXRsKG0l3E/s72-c/ben:edmonton.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
