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Fish, we no have
English is not spoken ubiquitously in Thailand, so you often have to rely on the large colorful placards in front of the restaurant to indicate which dishes are served. Upon being seated, you’re often handed a plastic coated smaller version of the menu out front. After spending several minutes narrowing down your choice from a…
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Thailand: Phang Nga bay tour from Phang Nga town
I thought I was being clever heading all the way up to the top of Phang Nga bay. I knew there were boat tours offered from both Phuket and Krabi, but since they started 45 miles south of the bay, I figured they’d cost more than one starting from the top of the bay. While…
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My $100 pair of cheap sandals
While I still hold that sandals are the only footwear I’ll ever buy, I can’t say that cost savings will be the reason. I purchased my current pair of leather sandals in Mexico last year for about $15, much cheaper than it would cost me to buy a high quality pair of Western sandals. I…
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Dying in obscurity
I plan to die in obscurity. It seems a strange thing to say given the number of people I interact with regularly, but as I walk along this quiet road in rural Thailand, I can’t help but think I’ll end up in a place like this. I love traveling and sharing my stories, and it…
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Reducing plastic water bottle use by using a sterilization pen.
I’m not sure what people in Thailand drank before bottled water came along. Nowadays, almost every Thai drinks bottled water of one sort or another, and all of it comes in plastic. I’ve been on a personal mission for almost a year to rid myself of as much plastic as I can, and this is…
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Almost abandoning ship
I had a romantic notion of island hopping through dramatic karst rock formations by ferry when I opted to take the ferry instead of the train from Kuala Lumpur to Bangkok, but I had begun to sour on the idea. As I mentioned in a previous story, the high speed ferries of Thailand required that…
