Tag: thailand

lessons from a bangkok bus ::

lessons from a bangkok bus ::

Picking the first of 100 travel stories to share wasn’t hard. Starting at the beginning with the story of my first passport stamp made sense.  …

 

koh yao yai ::

koh yao yai ::

Translated from modern Thai, “Koh Yao Yai” means big long island.  According to the travelers Thai dictionary translation however, Koh Yao Yai is more commonly …

 

bkk embers ::

bkk embers ::

Things in Bangkok seem to be getting back to normal.  While I’ve finally come to understand that one never can be sure what is going …

 

blue christmas ::

blue christmas ::

I thought a lot about Elvis on Christmas this year.  Drinking pina coladas by the poolside, the king’s voice played on repeat in my head…. …

 

backwards to bangkok beginnings ::

backwards to bangkok beginnings ::

Krueng Thep- the city of angels.  It was October of 1998 when I had last seen her skyline from an EVA Airways plane flying me …