Archive for Travel & Eat
Water Fiiiight!!!
The Thai New Year celebration is unlike any around. During mid April, Thailand’s hottest part of the year, the world’s largest water fight erupts to ring in the new year. The Songkran festival not only unites [...]
Koh Kradan: Waves Of Fun
No ATM’s, no roads, no scooters and no shops are what make Koh Kradan a true tropical paradise. The island, most recognized for its thin powdery white sand beaches, is under the protection of Hat Chao [...]
Getting Off The Grid – Koh Muk
Motoring through the Andaman Sea to Koh Muk you immediately get the feeling you’re in for some serious R & R. Upon arrival white sand beaches, palm trees and clear blue waters serve as the ‘welcome [...]
Wat Chalerm Phrakiat
One of the perks of being a teacher in Thailand is the ability to take advantage of the 52 public holidays each year. Today, March 7th, was the full moon of the 3rd lunar month which [...]
Eat Your Way Through Isan
Northeast Thailand, better known as Isan, holds clues to Thai and Khmer civilizations of the past. Surin, a province of Isan, shares its borders with northeastern Cambodia. Heavily influenced by Khmer culture, significant overlap is reflected [...]
Surin Elephant Festival
Throughout the 76 provinces in The Kingdom of Thailand festivals and ceremonies happen all over each year. I don’t envy any person or committee who might be tasked with the daunting assignment of trying to choose [...]
Som Tam Thai Ped-Ped!
Altering culinary pleasures and making mouths water; Northeastern Thai (Isan) cuisine generally features dishes centered around fresh herbs, chilies and lime. It is safe to say, about every Isan dish is known for savory flavors and [...]
Hmong Legends, Megalithic Jars and Unexploded Ordinances
Scattered about the coordinates 19.46°N 103.18°E is what some archaeologists maintain to be one of Southeast Asia’s most important archaeological sites. Lying just outside of Phonsovan, in eastern Laos, along the foothills of the Xieng Khouang [...]
If No good….No pay!
During the course of my life I’ve eaten lots of things. Chicken, steaks and ostrich back home in California, crocodile in New Orleans, bison in Atlanta and an assortments of insects in Asia. One thing yet [...]
Viva Laos Vegas!
Since the 1920’s the Golden Triangle has been the opium-producing capital of the world; supplying the likes of Europe and the America’s. It gets its name from the area along the Mekong River where three countries, [...]
