Our Experience at Happy Elephant Home
The best bath is a mud bath. The national animal of Thailand, elephants are revered as a symbol of strength and longevity. Until Thailand...
Small House Thai Cooking School
"A little more fish sauce, please." In the weeks leading up to our Chiang Mai trip, we scoured travel guides for the perfect cooking...
Exploring The Rose of the North: 4 Days in Chiang Mai
In the months leading up to our trip, the one piece of advice any veteran SEA travelers would give us was to not miss out on Chiang Mai!...
Tiger Cave Temple in Krabi
Once upon a time, a monk was searching for a spot to meditate. He found a cave, quiet and cool, thinking he had found the perfect...
Rai-lay excited about rock climbing!
The limestone karsts we admired from afar in Khao Sok are bountiful in Railay, a sleepy backpacker beach that attracts climbers of all...
Exploring Cheow Lan Lake in Khao Sok
Perhaps the true gem of Khao Sok is Cheow Lan Lake and its towering limestone karst formations. At 71 square miles, this artificial lake...
Hiking in Khao Sok National Park
With macaques en masse Two minivan rides and an overnight train later, we checked into our rustic bungalow at Khao Sok Palmview Resort....
Bridge Over Troubled Water: Overnight in Kanchanaburi
Home to the original Bridge over the River Kwai and accompanying Thai-Burma Railway Centre, we were eager to dive deeper into this darker...
You Are Not My Friend! Khao San Road & Wat Pho
Slated to take a late afternoon train for Kanchanaburi, we decided to spend our morning in central Bangkok to see some of the more iconic...
Cycling for Stupas
A day trip to Ayutthaya About 2 hours north of Bangkok lies the ancient city of Ayutthaya, one of the most popular day trips in the...
Our first full day in Bangkok: Chatuchak Weekend Market & more
A weekend in Bangkok would be incomplete without a visit to Thailand’s largest market, containing more than 15,000 stalls of goods...
29 hours later: Touchdown in Bangkok!
A frantic final 24 hours in Brooklyn it was... Packing up the last of our belongings, last minute Craigslist sales of any oversized...












