Bangkok (Not Very) Dangerous
Honestly. Why take the bus when you can take the train?! Even in second class, the night train from Nong Khai to Bangkok is a...
Tagged: Thailand
Welcome to Cambodia!
There is something particularly unwelcoming about the phrase, “You give money now.” Particularly when spoken in a Khmer accent. The language isn’t tonal, so you...
First Day of School . . .
Taking Z out of school for a year to travel proved less problematic than I’d thought. The headmaster and attendance officer basically said, “Where are...
Scampering Lunches and Fresh Coconut Milk
So… Will we regret starting out in Thailand? The food, even before we head to the south and the north, is phenomenal, and Z is...
Koh Chang
So… we spent our first few days of our big adventure at Treehouse on Long Beach, Koh Chang. More by luck than design, it’s virtually...
It's not the Destination, it's the Journey: on Trucks and Stuff…
Z, being male and nine years old, actively enjoys the experience of moving from place to place. He did when he was little. But people...
Mains Electricity: a Good Thing, Clearly…
So the theoretical immediacy of this medium has been slightly kiboshed by the near-total absence of electricity and mobile reception in our first tropical idyll,...