What’s not to love about cuddly and fat cats? Fat birds? Fat cartel craziness? Fat Mona Lisa? Fat Fideo on the roof? Fat everything! I just loved the over-sized cartoon paintings and sculptures of the […]
Hill Tribe Sacrifice
Children from a hill tribe village nearly sacrificed me to their god. We stopped at a small hill tribe north of Chiang Rai on our way to the Mekong River. As I have mentioned before […]
Waterbug Fight
This is among my favorite videos to show friends and family when I talk about Thailand. Bugs tend to be a significant source of protein and many cultures outside of the US consider various bugs […]
Was that really steak?
This is one of those unexpected experiences… most certainly makes for a funny story. One lesson learned… sometimes you need to be careful on how things translate across cultures 🙂 Andres Carnes de Res DC […]
The Dawn of Happiness
Venturing aware from my group I got lost wandering these stunning ruins of Sukhothai. It is no wonder I was so mesmerized walking through the towering brick columns and enormous stone Buddhas. Sukhothai was the […]
You never know what to expect at a kickboxing match
Kickboxing matches are in every town, every night. Thais love their Muay Thai (so do I). Hearing how fascinating it was to view a live kickboxing match, no one mentioned what an eclectic group of […]
Crickets…
When you told yourself you draw the line at eating bugs… I caved… only Day 2 in Bangkok. Really should have ate part of that scorpion instead. In case you haven’t tried bugs at a […]
