computer love
Jon Carr | Tuesday, August 10, 2010 at 6:10PM 
We have been traveling for over five months on buses, slow boats, long tailed boats, water taxi's, trains, planes, tuk tuks, rickshaws, and by foot. We have visited seven countries and countless cities, towns, and villages. It has added up to a lot of wear and tear on both Annie and I as well as our belongings. I have pushed my computer hard working on photos and video and it finally gave out. My hard drive crashed last night. We were fortunate to be in Chiang Mai that has a Apple service center and I was up to speed within a few hours with a new hard drive but unfortunately the data on my old drive was lost.
The good thing is I backed up my computer last week. The frustrating thing is the back up is on a slow boat from Thailand that will arrive in the US in two months. What this means for the blog is that I won't be able to post pictures from Indonesia, Cambodia, and Thailand for at least two months. Laos will be the first update upon departure. When I have access to the backup, I will post the remaining photos. We lost our photos from Chiang Mai and won't have any photos for a few daily details updates. Video updates are on hold until I can get a back up of my software shipped from the US. I currently have no editing software on my computer. This is a little unfortunate because I am 95% done with the New Zealand recap and it turned out great. Hopefully I should be up and running by next week.
The positive from this is that we will lose very little. It will also be nice to catch my breath for a short time as management of the photos and video is a lot of work. The blog post will keep coming and we have some travel tips postings in the pipeline as we begin the home stretch of our trip. As always thanks for the kind messages and support.
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BTW, I will introduce myself a bit. I am a friend of your Mom's, Jon . . . with a cottage on Lappan Rd. Thanks for sharing your adventure! Your and Annie's writing talents, beautiful photography and inspiring videos with exquisitely chosen accompanying music are worthy of a travel show, book tour, and, at least, a spot next to Matt Lauer!
Nice to hear from you as always. Thanks for the support on the computer. I have amazing rebuilt my whole system for the most part in a few days in Northern Thailand. A true testament to determination. I spent some time at your blog and you have some wonderful photos and I am excited to hear more about your adventures. India for a year will be an incredible experience and Annie and I are hopeful to make a brief stop there before heading home. We will see if we have enough money to make it happen.
Thanks for the introduction. Annie and I have been trying to find the connection but always welcome new readers. Glad you like the blog and appreciate the kind words. If you know Matt, it would be great if you could introduce us.
Hopefully we can chat at the TP when Annie and I visit.
Nice to hear from you.