Khao San Road is stretch in Bangkok where backpackers seem to conglomerate. Before coming I had this image in my head of it being some seedy street, dark and dangerous, a 24-hour party. In reality, it was mostly just restaurants and stores that all seemed to...
After a day out with the eaters, I switched hostels from Siam Square to one closer to Khoa San Road, the backpacker mecca of BKK. Of course, I was so exhausted that I immediately passed out when I got there...
How anyone can be hungry after eating over a hundred (or 200) wontons is beyond me. But, after the contest, after drinking a few beer's in Crazy Legs's room, we set out to find food. It was late, and we couldn't find anything open. A...
I don't follow sports. I just have never really been that into them. There are a few exceptions to that, of course. I love White Sox games and Blackhawks games live. I used to love going to Illini hockey games and had season tickets in...
I'm going to India. I leave on March 5, flying from Bangkok to New Delhi. I applied for my Indian visa here in Bangkok and it took six working days (so over seven days total) to get back my passport. It was a nerve-wracking week because...
My entire trip around Asia has been designed to get me to Bangkok right at this moment. It was part of the reason I decided to switch my initial flight in from Bangkok to Singapore. It was part of the reason I decided against getting...
After a night train from Chiang Mai I settled into my Bangkok hostel in Siam Square. The area was more geared towards shopping malls than anything else. But there would be a big eating contest in the area a few days later and so I...
Lighting paper lanterns in Chiang Mai, Thailand....
On my last day in Chiang Mai, Jenny and I took a ride out to Tiger Kingdom. It's a little zoo of tigers that you can get up close and personal with. And by that I mean you pay a lot of...
