In October 2015, the Dishonourable Edward Pastanga and I set off on a road trip to Esaan for the sole purpose of visiting ancient Khmer sites (Phanom Rung, a.o.) and an old friend of mine who lives in Prasat, Surin. Ray and his Thai wife Na were pleased to see us and supplied us with loads of food and beer, always welcome, of course. The Thai-Cambodian border wasn't far from their house, and Ray took us on a tour to relatively unknown Khmer temples. The highlight of our visit

During my trip through North Thailand earlier this month with my friend Frans, we encountered something unusual. While driving along to Doi Angkhang I noticed something happening in a shop and we decided to have a quick look. This turned into a bit longer than planned as Frans even admitted - that despite driving here a few times previously - he had never seen anything like it. At first, I only noticed this Elephant mural... Over the years, I visited Bangkok’s Chinatown cou

This year’s annual Holland visit turned out to be very sunny, in fact it’s the warmest spring ever! As it was combined with an...

Towards the end of my stay in the Netherlands my sister suggested to go to a place I'd never been before in the South of Holland: the...

Exploring the countryside, old historic places and Kringloop s (popular Dutch 2nd hand stores), either with a family member or on my own...