Lakes of Southern Thailand
When I think of all the beautiful places in this world, they strike me as usually having either one or both of two things: bodies of water or lots of mountains. Out of Thailand’s...
Category: Thailand
Malaysia to Thailand by car
Planes are strange things. They cut short your travel time and make travelling easy, and yet when you fly you lose out on what travelling feels like. You hop on a plane, get served...
Khlong Hae Floating Market, Hatyai
Khlong Hae floating market isn’t far from Hatyai town in south Thailand. I’d been wanting to visit Thailand’s famous floating markets for a long time but never got down to it, so I...
Krabi
Here’s an idea: grab a bunch of strangers, put them on a bus and leave them on a beach somewhere. Risky, of course- If there’s a serial killer in the mix and you’re part...
This week’s photo: Karen Padaung girl, Thailand
This young woman, who is carrying her baby, is of the Karen Padaung tribe. I saw her on a visit to her village in Chiang Mai province where the women of the ‘Long...
Why we travel
THE steps were so steep, my neck hurt just from looking up. The Swedish guy who had passed me earlier was climbing up on all fours, his skinny arms reaching out, looking very...
My Happy Un-honeymoon
The young couple had been smiling at us for more than half an hour. It’s like they know something we don’t, I thought. I couldn’t tell what it was. Finally, the guy spoke up....
Exploring Ayutthaya
Bangkok – choked, dusty and fast-paced- wasn’t always the capital of Thailand. If you had been travelling in what was then Siam in 1350, you would have heard about its new capital called Ayutthaya,...
Kayaking in Krabi
I don’t swim but if there’s one thing I really enjoy doing in water, it’s kayaking or rowing of any sort. I love the movements associated with rowing and what they bring- the slap...
