Our local wet market is a mix of the strange and the familiar. Some things are familiar to me because I’ve lived in Vietnam and Singapore and frequented the.
15 years ago
At some point in Thailand’s history, a not-so-fierce sausage-making nation invaded. The invaders, were repelled, obviously, for Thailand is the only Southeast Asian nation never to experience colonial rule..
15 years ago
Confronted with two long curved and dangerously pointed tusks — so long they crossed over in front — and a wise elephant eye, I had no choice but to.
15 years ago
A sky full of floating lanterns is just as magical as I imagined. The crowds and the popping and whistling crackers just faded away every time I looked up.
15 years ago
During the festival of Loi Krathong, little rafts of flowers, banana leaves and incense are floated down Chiang Mai’s Ping River. We are still strangers in Chiang Mai, unsure.
15 years ago
A dramatic dawn showdown by our neighbour’s roosters, Thai music blasted from loudspeakers and a frenzy of barking from the kennel behind us — the early morning soundtrack to.
15 years ago
My excuse was that I’m fuzzy-headed from grief. The travel agent had no excuse — she should know that October has 31 days. So our “booked through to Chiang.
15 years ago
After feeling lost and confused in Chiang Mai for nearly four days, I’m in the zone again. The expat zone. We’re in a vegetarian restaurant. It’s air-conditioned. There’s free.
15 years ago