It seems that no matter where you travel in this world, every destination has its own little claim to fame. London has Big Ben. Pisa has its Leaning Tower. Paris has its rust-defying Eiffel Tower. My new hometown of Hua Hin? It has a train station. Now, I realize that...
It seems that no matter where you travel in this world, every destination has its own little claim to fame. London has...
Since moving to Hua Hin last March, I've made it a personal mission to explore as many of my new hometown's...
One of the things I enjoy most about living in Hua Hin is that it doesn't take long to leave the city behind. Drive...
On the east bank of the Chao Phraya River, within the grounds of the Grand Palace, stands Wat Phra Kaew—the Temple of...
You see it practiced everywhere in Thailand. Tuk-tuk drivers. Hotel staff. Food vendors on the street. People you...
After four straight days of exploring the magnificent temples of Angkor Wat, Ta Prohm, and Bayon, my trusty guide Ran...
If Southeast Asia has taught me anything, it is this: The most spectacular places are rarely located next to the...
One afternoon following my tour of the ancient city of Ayutthaya, my guide Annie asked our driver to pull over at a...
One of the things I have come to enjoy about my newly adopted hometown of Hua Hin is that there seems to be no...
If you ask me, the next best thing to eating Thai food is learning how to cook it. Fortunately, Thailand makes that...
It was about day five of my trip to Krabi when I decided to take a break from island-hopping and explore some of the...
One of the things I enjoy most about exploring Thailand's ancient cities is discovering that every crumbling stone...
There are places in Thailand where history announces itself with trumpets. Ayutthaya isn't one of them. Here, history...
Just three short blocks from my condo sits one of my favorite discoveries in Hua Hin: the ever-delightful Cicada...
By now, you would think I'd have had my fill of Buddhist temples. After all, I'd already wandered through the ruins of...
One of the great joys of living on the opposite side of the world is discovering that things you assumed were...
High atop a mountain overlooking the ancient city of Chiang Mai sits one of the most sacred and recognizable temples...
It was my next-to-last day in Ipoh, Malaysia, when my friend Mona asked if I wanted to go spelunking. Never one to...