My Layer Cake Life: This is not the travel blog you were looking for

October 15, 2012 in Asia, Inspiration, Thailand, Travelogue

Do you live life in layers? So often to me it seems like our lives are layer cakes: Different flavours Different textures Sweet fillings Sometimes icky fillings The occasional nut […]

Notes On An Overland Bus Trip from Laos to Cambodia: Or, My 38th Birthday

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 […]

Mental Wanderings of the Streets of Hanoi or: Elisha’s Communist Birthday

July 25, 2012 in Asia, Travelogue, Vietnam

  “Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be […]

Wat Rong Khun: The White Wat at Chiang Rai: Photo Essay

July 1, 2012 in Asia, blog, Thailand, Travelogue

There are a lot of Wats in Thailand You’ve probably noticed that from our pictures. There is one, however, that is unlike any other. It’s called Wat Rong Khun and […]

Sex, Drugs & Rock-n-Roll in Chiang Rai

June 29, 2012 in Asia, Thailand, Travelogue

It’s 10:41 p.m. and I’m tired. We were up at six to work so we could be out the door by noon and still have paid the bills. We’ve driven […]

Arriving in Thailand: A Video Project by Hannah

June 11, 2012 in Asia, Thailand, Travelogue

This is a silly video that Hannah slammed together out of left over clips from our first weeks here. There are some funny quirks like the “August 2012” date at […]

Of Motorbikes & Markets

June 5, 2012 in Asia, Thailand, Travelogue

There really isn’t a much nicer way to travel than by motorcycle. I’ve always loved it. Renting a bike twice this week and hitting the back roads in search of […]

T Minus One

April 26, 2012 in blog, North America, Travelogue, United States

In case you are wondering: I’m tired. In nineteen short hours we’ll be underway and I’ll be breathing a huge sigh of relief. Right now, the cottage is torn apart. […]

The Guest’s Perspective: by Gayle Smith

March 29, 2012 in blog, North America, Travelogue, United States

**Disclaimer: Gayle is far too kind and gives us far too much credit… but as promised, I publish this unedited.** Last night I laid awake in my comfy borrowed bed […]

Late Night Premium Content: Courtesy of Elisha

January 9, 2012 in blog, North America, Travelogue, United States

There are a lot of questions I’ve learned not to ask, as a parent. They are completely unproductive. For instance, “Why?!” Why ask why? It’s not as if that question […]