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 […]

Wherever I go, that’s where the party’s at! (by Hannah)

July 30, 2012 in Asia, Travelogue, Vietnam

Mopeds zoom past on all sides, going in every direction. Mom shrieks intermittently and squeezes her eyes tightly shut. Ezra is sitting bolt upright, staring with wide eyes as a […]

Life is short… Art is long.

July 27, 2012 in Asia, Travelogue, Vietnam

Have I mentioned that Hanoi is hot? We’ve sweat more in the past two days than perhaps in our entire lives to this point combined. Rivers of salt water run […]

Lunch on the Corner of Fate & Communism

July 24, 2012 in Asia, Travelogue, Vietnam

In case you don’t know this about me: I like to sleep. In fact, I have to sleep or I get rather unmanageable. My Dad used to refer to me […]

Ezra’s Birthday Elephants: A video by Hannah

July 6, 2012 in Asia, Thailand, Travelogue, Videologue

By popular request: the video of our elephant adventure brought to you by Miss Hannah. Enjoy!  

Drive By Shootings: Take A Thai Road Trip With Us

July 3, 2012 in Asia, Podcast, Thailand, Travelogue

I’m getting better at drive-by shootings (settle down, I’m Canadian, no guns are involved!) We’ve been on the road almost a week now in Northern Thailand. Tomorrow the road trip […]

Ezra Gets His Elephants: Pai, Thailand

July 2, 2012 in Asia, blog, Thailand, Travelogue

From the moment we mentioned South East Asia, Ezra has been focused on two things: SCUBA lessons and elephants. Yesterday, he got his wish. I have been conflicted about the […]

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 […]

Baan Nai Yang: Video-logue by Hannah

June 19, 2012 in Asia, Thailand, Travelogue, Videologue

Have you been wondering what it’s like where we live?  Hannah made this video as part of a class she’s taking through Wandering Educators and we wanted to share it with […]