October 4, 2012
Pool shark.
I've been spending many of my days and many of my nights playing pool at my hostel in Chiang Mai. I'm not going to lie: I suck at pool. But every so often I manage to win. And every so often out of those times...
October 2, 2012
Of birds and planes and truth and justice.
Getting a Superman logo wrist tattoo at York Studio in Chiang Mai, Thailand....
October 1, 2012
The orange one.
"Valerie," the woman at the front desk said, "the orange one died." She said it with a smile on her face, in the way that Thais always have a smile on their face. Even when they're telling you that someone you care deeply about is dead. And...
September 29, 2012
A Day at Huay Tung Tao Lake in Chiang Mai.
Photos from Huay Tung Tao Lake in Chiang Mai, Thailand....
September 28, 2012
We got low.
I took a quick weekend detour from Chiang Mai back to Bangkok to meet up with Jodie — an Australian girl I had met four years ago in Amsterdam and hadn't seen since. I had been looking forward to catching up with her in Australia,...
September 26, 2012
It’s easy to be happy.
"It's easy to be happy," Suwat said, handing over his bicycle. "Just ride, I know the way." I mounted the bike at 12:30 in the morning and pedaled down the hundreds of years old street. Sometimes I rode slowly, carefully, making small circles, trying not to...
September 25, 2012
Do you want to see Mae Wang?
Jenny and I took a day off and went to a couple of waterfalls...
September 24, 2012
Scenes from Chiang Mai: Part 2
I returned to Thailand, two months later, via a ten hour layover in Singapore where I arrived at one in the morning, found the 24 hour Burger King, and then attempted to sleep in the airport. It was a horrible sleep interrupted by security who...
September 21, 2012
in Asia, Bohol, Boracay, Cebu, El Nido, food, Malapascua Island, Manila, Palawan, Philippines, Puerto Princesa, Round the World, travel
Food in the Philippines: What I ate in The Philippines.
I ate so much food in the Philippines in my month traveling around the country it's a wonder I still fit in my pants when I got to back to Thailand. With Chinese, Mexican, Spanish, and American influences, Filipino cuisine is richer and meatier than...