– Sa Nae Doi Luang – Charm of Big Mountain – Chiang Dao – On my way to Chiang Dao, I passed this coffee shop/restaurant and ordered probably the best tasting Watermelon shake I had in Thailand. Every fruit shake I ordered was great anywhere I went, but they definitely…
Travel does what good novelists also do to the life of everyday, placing it like a picture in a frame or a gem in its setting, so that the intrinsic qualities are made more clear. Travel does this with the very stuff that everyday life is made of, giving to…
– My Father’s Hometown – St. Elizabeth – Jamaica – On our last day in Saint Elizabeth, and the day after the reunion banquet I drove my family up the long steep road into the Santa Cruz mountains where my father and his twelve siblings once lived. We had a…
Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. ~ John Lennon Backpackers flock to this countryside retreat to decompress from their long journeys and connect with other like-minded explorers. Expatriates living in Chiang Mai come here to escape the hustle and bustle of city life. Local Thais visit this home…
– Huay Tueng Tao – If you live in Chiang Mai, or are planning to stay for an extended period, there are times when you will want to get away from the traffic and the hectic activity of the old city. Luckily, it’s not very difficult to find very beautiful…
The secret of adventure, then, is not to carefully seek it out, but to travel in such a way that it finds you. To do this, you first need to overcome the protective habits of home and open yourself up to unpredictability. ~ Rolf Potts Laos to Udon Thani… to…
– Finding Malee’s Bungalows – Lucky for me – It may have been luck that I was able to find vacancy at Malee’s Bungalows because it wasn’t my first choice for accommodations in Chiang Dao, BUT, that’s only because I found Chiang Dao Nest first. This trip was in early November 2013, immediately after returning…
Darling Viewpoint Resort was the first place I ever stayed in Pai, and the only place! I’ve had plenty of other options, but I just kept going back. There are many beautiful places to stay, but I didn’t try anywhere new, partly because it was a familiar place that feels…
