Thailand Haiku

5/20/2010
Twenty-six hours
Two countries and a sea
I sleep when I can

Bus, plane, train, or boat
Moe sleeps everywhere
Yet she's still sleepy

Every five minutes
I check if my bags are gone.
Don't worry so much

5/21/2010
Front flip jump entry
looked amazingly wicked
at least in my mind

A dark narrow cave,
Scuba diving is awesome!
I think I am stuck

Fifty-five hours
Twelve-hundred kilometers
All for two fun dives

All-night sleeper boat
Big storm and heavy swaying
Slept like a baby

5/22/2010
Pad Thai street vendors
I waited a month for you.
Can't you cook better?

Cheap single fan room - 
Hot and it comes equipped with
pillow cockroaches

Josephine is gone.
From today, I'm on my own.
... "Your plane's tomorrow?!?"

5/23/2010
Thai floating market.
Our Thai tour guide said to us,
"I hope you can swim."

Half kilo, three bucks
Rambutans and Mangosteens
What a waste of baht

How much for postcards?
One for three baht, little girl?
Okay, I'll buy ten. 

One man and three snakes
Right hand, left hand, and his mouth
Best show in Thailand

Snake versus mongoose
They said, "This show, no death," but
That's a dead snake dude!

Muy Thai in Thailand
The best part of the event ...
The kick to the face!

"I give you good price!"
Thailand touts lie through their teeth
Just to make a buck

5/24/2010
Old temple builders,
Why do you build such steep steps?
I might slip and fall!

Don't touch me street touts!
I don't care what you're selling!
I won't buy your stuff!

I want some fried rice.
Why must vendors discuss it
when I ask "how much?"

5/25/2010
Cute little Thai dog
Did you come to play with me?
... you peed on my leg

Thai food cooking class.
I just ate 5 days worth of food 
in just 5 hours

Pad thai street vendors 
You didn't cook real pad thai!
It's just fried noodles

5/26/2010
Big, AC airport
Ten hours of waiting
Doesn't seem so long

カンボジア短歌

屋台人
うまい料理
安いのに
すごい美味しい。
腹は心配

カンボジア、
インドネシアと同じかな？
蒸し暑いけど、人は優しい

Cambodia Haiku

5/19/2010
Sunrise to sunset
Explored the Angkor Temples
Tonight we sleep well

Temples if Angkor
What people do in two days
We did in just one

Our tuk tuk driver
Nice, funny, and great tour guide
Thank you so much Net

Majestic temple
Ancient people of Angkor
Did you feel the same

What is this creature?
I've never seen one before
Oh, it's just a dog

Got a free bracelet,
I had to buy some water.
Stupid little girl

5/17/2010
Street-stall food vendors
How do you make such good food
For just one dollar?

The tuk-tuk driver
He wasn't Indonesian
This guy was friendly

インドネシア短歌

僕の母はよく短歌を書くので、いつも "書いた方がいい" に言われる

2010年5月18日
暑い国
我慢できない
どうしょう？
エアコンバスは
寒くて出たい

2010年5月16日
ミニバスの
席は十二
バスの中、
二十二人
外、一人

三時起き
モコモコ車
腹減った
朝日で火山
次も行きたい

いくらなの？
"十六万、出身？"
ジャパニーズよ
千安くなった

歌い手はバスに沢山
どうだった？
かんけいないよ
金をあげない

2010年5月14日
この駅は少し微妙
眠いけど、ずっと起きてる
あと三時間

ね、ね、ジョセフィン
寝たらダメ
皆は怖い...
やっぱりいいよ
おやすみなさい

ミニバスに
七時に乗った
今何時？
え？十一時
まだ止まってる！


2010年5月13日
夜行バス
安かったから、予約した
八時間けど、トイレはないな

カギかけた
ゴムで結んだ
安心だけど
トイレペーパは
カバンの中だ！

このバスの運転集
右、左、右
前の車を見なかったかな？

バス停でバスに乗る人
なぜ君はサングラス得る？
夜で分かるの？ 

美味しいよ！
インドネシアの
食事の
味はいいけど
おトイレはどこ？

Indonesia Haiku

My mom always told me to write Japanese tanka poetry, so I am. Here's my stab at Haiku as well

May 16th, 2010
I asked for the bus
Taxis said, "Bus? No more bus!"
IT'S RIGHT BEHIND YOU!!!

Thirty-minute bus
Taxis said "Bus? Two hours!"
You are all liars!

"Where are you come from?"
all Indonesians ask me,
"I come from Japan"

Japanese accent,
but American passport
I'm not Japanese

Many bus singers
Some are good, some not so good
I won't pay all of you 

In the minibus
I can count eleven seats
but twenty people

Horrible morning
A volcano at sunrise
Totally worth it

May 15th, 2010
Cold forty degrees
Big, thick, down comforter 
Best, damn sleep ever

May 14th, 2010
A shady bus station
Only three more hours
Till the sun comes up

Annoying sellers!
After one night watching them
Hard working people

Can't find public bus
Took mini bus, defeated
Just two dollars more

Tiny minivan
Busload of people in it
That makes minibus

May 13th, 2010
An eight hour bus
It has been only one
And I want to pee

Crazy bus driver
Motorbikes, cars, and scooters
One at a time ... dead

Our bags stolen? No!
Locks, zipties, and bungee chords 
Oh, I need T.P.

Sellers at bus stops
Why do you sell sunglasses?
It's the dead of night

May 12th, 2010
Ten hour train ride
Is this what a turkey feels
on Thanksgiving day?

Ninety-five degrees
Ten hour train, no AC
I might die today ...