Nai Yang: The House Hunt Continues

June 4, 2012 in Asia, Thailand, Travelogue

A milk white moon, diluted by the translucent shadow of heavy monsoon clouds watches with an enormous, unblinking eye over the sleeping blue of the Andaman Sea tonight. A warm […]

Khao Lak Beach: a video by Hannah

June 2, 2012 in Asia, Thailand, Travelogue

We’ve spent the last four days in beautiful Khao Lak enjoying the beach and looking for a place to live. Hannah made this little video of some our beach fun […]

Thai Train Travel: Bangkok to Surat Thani

May 29, 2012 in Asia, Thailand, Travelogue

  The train from Bangkok to Surat Thani clacks along on slightly misaligned rails as the bustling city gives way to pastoral country side. The concrete jungle is replaced with […]

Bangkok’s Grand Palace & Temple of the Emerald Buddha: Photo Essay

May 28, 2012 in Asia, Thailand, Travelogue

Today we visited the Grand Palace & The Temple of the Emerald Buddha Which is actually carved out of Jade, but who’s looking that close? There’s no way to describe […]

Bangkok-First Impressions

May 27, 2012 in Asia, Thailand, Travelogue

We’ve been in Bangkok thirty hours now. I confess to sleeping fully half of that time. I went to bed humming, “Hello jet-lag my old friend…” a la “Sound of […]

Etihad Airways Flight 140: Toronto to Abu Dhabi, seat 53A

May 25, 2012 in Asia, Canada, North America, Thailand, Travelogue

The view from 37,000 feet is wide and we’re flying over an ocean of sand. The lines that mark the porous sandstone, carved from countless years of erosion by water […]

Travel Plans 2012: “Things we FOR SURE want to do this year!”

January 3, 2012 in Asia, Thailand, Travelogue

Image credit 2012 That’s the first time I’ve written it. I can hardly believe it, actually. We rang in the New Year quietly this year, with my best reproduction of […]

New Friends & The Next Big Thing(s)!!

May 24, 2011 in North America, Travelogue, United States

There are nothing like cool nights, sticky marshmallow fingers and music around a camp fire.   The rain let up just long enough for us to have a quiet weekend. […]