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 about forty miles west, toward the Myanmar border, and before long the traffic gives way to towering trees, the air grows noticeably cooler, and the...
One of the first things you learn in Thailand—usually the hard way—is this: Never… ever… use a 7-ELEVEN as a landmark....
No amount of online research—and I mean none—can prepare a well-meaning Westerner for Songkran. Oh, I thought I was...
When I think of New Year’s back in America, I picture myself heroically trying to stay awake long enough to watch the...
My afternoon tour of the ancient city of Ayutthaya had just wrapped up, and my guide and I were making our way back to...
One doesn’t usually associate a casual trip to the local market with thoughts of mortality. Maybe a tough decision...
There are temples in Thailand… and then there is Wat Arun. Now, that’s saying something in a country with more than...
Long before he was Obi-Wan Kenobi, Alec Guinness portrayed Colonel Nicholson in The Bridge on the River Kwai, a role...
In my short time here, I’ve come to realize that Southeast Asia offers certain experiences that simply must be seen to...
Picture this: you check into your Bangkok hotel. You’ve liberated the complimentary mini shampoos (as one does),...
So, you might remember my last big adventure in Thailand. Yes, the one that involved a thrilling trip to the hardware...
One of my absolute favorite things about Thailand? Shopping. And no, this isn’t because I’ve suddenly become some high-rolling, champagne-sipping baller. It’s because shopping here is an experience—and not the soul-crushing,
I rolled into Thailand in the wee hours of the morning on March 19th—around 2 a.m., when even the most enthusiastic...
If you are a Douglas Adams fan, you will recognize that line from his...