October 6, 2012 in Asia, Malaysia, Travelogue
You know those moments where you look around and you think, “This cannot possibly be my life,” and then you pinch yourself and realize that it is? Yesterday was that […]
September 15, 2012 in North America, Travelogue, United States
There are some surprises worth flying half way around the world for. Blowing the socks off of one of your best friends, by turning up completely unexpectedly, is one of […]
September 13, 2012 in Asia, North America, Thailand, Travelogue, United States
The sky over the midwestern United States is sapphire blue dotted with whip cream white clouds. The view from seat 26E is stunning. I never get tired of looking at […]
September 6, 2012 in Asia, Education, Thailand, Travelogue
As I sit to write this Tony is at his desk working. Hannah is at the kitchen table slicing a pear and eating the slices off of the knife blade […]
September 5, 2012 in Asia, blog, Thailand, Travelogue, Vietnam
Southeast Asia is well known for being home to many different kinds of street foods. Some are relatively normal. Walking down a crowded street somewhere in an Asian city, you’re […]
September 3, 2012 in Asia, Thailand, Travelogue
One of the things that we love about traveling slowly is that we have time. Time to work. Time to rest. Time to learn. Time to dig deep. Time to […]
August 15, 2012 in Asia, Cambodia, Travelogue
You can’t imagine the dust: Iron red, powder fine, packed as hard as concrete and yet somehow continually kicked up into clouds as the children shouted and ran, chasing […]
August 15, 2012 in Asia, blog, Cambodia, Thailand, Travelogue
It took us 30 hours on the bus to get from Siem Reap, Cambodia to home (Nai Yang, Thailand). True, a couple of those hours were spent standing in […]
August 9, 2012 in Asia, Cambodia, Travelogue
The air is warm and swirling in that way that only tropical air does. It smells of the frangipani blossoms that are littered like a carpet of wedding flowers through […]
August 8, 2012 in Asia, Cambodia, Laos, Travelogue
Whoever said, “The joy is in the journey,” clearly has not traveled overland through Southeast Asia. My birthday breakfast was lovely, sitting on the dock above the Mekong on Don […]
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