Why the long neck?
December 29th, 2005
We left Chiang Mai and our dear guide Kee yesterday morning for Mae Hong Son and Noi. Mae Hong Son is a small town north of Chiang Mai, on the map for the Karen tribes that ...
We left Chiang Mai and our dear guide Kee yesterday morning for Mae Hong Son and Noi. Mae Hong Son is a small town north of Chiang Mai, on the map for the Karen tribes that ... Tour de Chiang
December 28th, 2005
Today had it all.
We sat atop elephants in the jungle, and sat behind oxen in the village. We drifted serenely on a bamboo raft, and bungy jumped from a 150-ft cran... My Oh Mai
December 27th, 2005
After a dead monk’s ceremony (sad) and a family string tying ceremony (happy), we flew from Udon to Bangkok to Chiang Mai. It just so happened that a Harvard-Westlake... A Merry Udon Thanikah
December 25th, 2005
Halloween in India. Thanksgiving in Tanzania. Christmas in Thailand. The holidays in the first two countries were completely foreign to the people there. In Thailand, however, Chris... It’s About Thaim!
December 24th, 2005
Nearly five months ago, I waved goodbye to my family in a series of turnarounds deeper into LAX. Before this trip, the longest I had been away was five weeks. I can honestly say tha... The Hongsa Saga
December 22nd, 2005
I could’ve easily spent longer in Luang Prabang, but there are few places so far where I haven’t felt that way. We drifted for 7 hours along the Mekong, before hopping off at... Lovely Luang
December 18th, 2005
From the long list of things to see in town, we picked two for a nice introduction yesterday. Luang Prabang has more than 20 wats – that’s a lot of enlightenment. The one we ... lower case drive
December 17th, 2005
Loi and David dropped us off at the Nong Khai “Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge” yesterday afternoon. It took no time to get a visa (Dum and Maha don’t need one), and we took a t... Thai Ties To Laos
December 15th, 2005
Many think that Thailand, Laos, Burma, and Cambodia are the same one country divided into 4 irrelevant parts. Just pick one of ‘em and you’re set. Due to that igno... From A to Zanzibar
December 15th, 2005
Africa was a wild ride in every sense of the word. We kissed lions, pet cheetahs, rode ostriches, ate ostriches, dove with sharks, got kicked by a giraffe, photographed every animal out there. We bungy jumped, rafted, abseiled, hot air ballooned, snorkeled, flew in microlights, climbed Mount Kilimanjaro. Victoria Falls, Ngorongoro Crater, Zambezi, Maasai, Table Mountain, Garden Route, SOTENI, Zanz...