Today's travel photo is of a hiking trail running through some thickets of bamboo on the way to Khun Kon Waterfall in Northern Thailand. We hadn't actually planned on doing any hiking on this particular day, but during a scooter ride out in the country around Chiang Rai, we saw Khun Kon Waterfall on our [...]
I’m sitting at my favourite beer spot in Chiang Mai. It’s Friday afternoon and I've spent the day typing away in my apartment, so it’s good to get out for some fresh air. I’m sitting out the front of the bar where I can look out over the street, chatting to my wife about our [...]
Today's travel photo is of our favourite fruit shake cart in Chiang Mai, Thailand. For the two months that we were in Chiang Mai, we got a fruit shake (smoothie) from here nearly every night. The street food carts and restaurants along Moon Muang near Sompet Market in the Old City serve up some great [...]
I know I’m still writing about Cambodia on the blog, but we’ve actually been living in Chiang Mai, Thailand for the past two months. We've been on the road for most of this year, and after three months of continuous travel in Southeast Asia, it has been great to just stay put here in Chiang [...]
Today's travel photo is of Wat Rong Khun (The White Temple) in Chiang Rai, Thailand. This is a modern temple, built in the late 90's, but it is unlike any that I have seen in Thailand. The fact that it is completely white is only the start. Its somewhat unconventional artwork is what really makes [...]
During our trip to Thailand in 2011, we visited a White Karen village near Chiang Mai in the north of the country. The White Karen are a minority ethnic group in Northern Thailand and take their name from the white clothing that the women must wear before they are married. After marriage they can wear [...]
Although many of the ruins in Ayutthaya, Thailand are quiet crumbled, there are some that have survived and have been beautifully preserved and restored. This photo is of one of the few Buddha statues that somehow survived in one piece at the temple of Wat Mahathat. Behind it you can see one of the main [...]
Although it's easy to get "templed out" when travelling around Thailand, I found that I just had to look at the little things and minor details and differences to keep myself interested. At Wat Phra Singh in Chiang Rai, I found these Buddha statues surrounding a big old tree to be quite interesting and different [...]
One of the most popular and well known temples in Bangkok, Thailand, Wat Pho is mostly known for it's magnificent 45m long reclining Buddha. As impressive as this is, the rest of the temple also has a lot to offer. Home to the origins of Thai Massage, Wat Pho is a large complex with many [...]
On our first visit to Bangkok, Thailand, we visited Wat Indraviharn completely by accident as we were brought here by the tuk tuk driver who scammed us into going to some tailor shops. Still, we ended up seeing some interesting spots, and I very much doubt that we would have visited Wat Indraviharn if we [...]
