Wednesday, 20 Dec 2017 | Photo Gallery
Serenity survives in southern Thailand, hidden amidst the myriad of tourists flocking mostly from northern Europe. Longboats ply the popular spots with Yanmar outboards thumping and growling between beachfronts and islands. Tourism is a double-edged sword, ...
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Thursday, 9 Nov 2017 | Photo Gallery
Well, you'd think after a few days back in Bangkok and we'd be fleeing from the pungent sewer gases puffing through the sidewalk grates and the traffic churning through the alleys to avoid ubiquitous street congestion, but sizzling pork skewers on every ...
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Wednesday, 15 Feb 2017 | Photo Gallery
Searching for warmth
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Tuesday, 14 Feb 2017 | Views [748]
Restless Bangkok beckons and threatens with its shopping warrens and thick soupy smog.
Three months of a cold, dry and dusty Albertan winter drove us to make a last minute decision to once again escape to SE Asia. Within five days we left for Thailand, ... Read more >
Friday, 22 Feb 2008 | Views [1130]
Ahhhh, what joy to pitch a tent for $1 each on the white sands of southern Thailand, so beautiful and quiet, it draws us into island life once again. Hours melt into days, as they do in places that you find hard to leave. Unlike Koh Rok, where giant ... Read more >
Sunday, 10 Feb 2008 | Photo Gallery
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Tuesday, 5 Feb 2008 | Photo Gallery
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Tuesday, 5 Feb 2008 | Views [1874] | Comments [4]
At first, Chiang Rai gives us a somewhat sleezy view of Thailand and causes us to wonder if sex is bigger than scenery as a draw for tourists here. And in Chiang Mai the women are in every nook and cranny plying for business, but, we actually begin ... Read more >
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