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Culturally appropriating my wardrobe at the Bangkok amulet market
While I’ve found the perfect pants, socks, shoes, underwear and shirts, I was complaining to my girlfriend that I still haven’t found the right sunhat. The closest I’ve come is my olive green Outdoor Research sombrero. It’s lightweight and folds easily. It has the added benefit, because of its olive green color, of looking like…
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How and why to cross the river Kwai
Most everyone has heard of the movie The Bridge Over the River Kwai, but how many of you have seen it or know the stories behind it. With today’s article I take you on a journey to the bridge over the river Kwai and beyond. The first thing you’ll learn, as did I, is that…
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Photos: One night in Bangkok
Just south of Bangkok’s Chinatown a warren of alleys spreads along the waterfront. The city commissioned several artists to do murals and installations. I like to walk cities both during the day and the evening to catch the stark differences between the two.
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Hit and miss on the Bangkok ferries
It was another day of getting lost in Bangkok. As you may remember from a previous story on this visit to Bangkok, I intended to discover some of the less traveled waterways in Bangkok. Today, I wanted to try another of the canal ferries and also go as far north as I could on the…
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Bangkok’s folding market train
I’m not sure how many of you are familiar with the folding market train video. Honestly, I’d seen trains run through the middle of markets in other parts of Asia before, but I didn’t know the Maeklong market was the most famous in the world. When I told my friend Vora I planned to take…
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A remote island getaway just five minutes from Bangkok
It’s funny that the same day I published my story of a remote island paradise just five minutes from Mazatlan, I found another remote island getaway just five minutes from Bangkok. I’d attempted to get to this island twice before: Once to visit the floating market and a second time in an attempt to ride…
