Water Shootout into the New Year
This April was the first time everybody could celebrate the Thai New Year again after this festival was canceled due to Covid in previous...
8. Riding The Rails: Vang Vieng - Nong Khai
The title is a bit of a misnomer as this is the only day without any train rides, sorry about that! I’m an early riser and continued...
7. Riding The Rails: Vang Vieng
From a quartet we’d been reduced to a trio, not that mattered much as we all had traveled in various combinations before with usually the...
6. Riding The Rails: Muang Xai - Vang Vieng
High-speed train arriving at Muang Xai station. The next day we set out for our by-now-standard now standard Lao breakfast of baguettes...
5. Riding The Rails: Muang Xai
We left the station and while walking to the tuk-tuk stand, Tim asked which hotel we were supposed to go to. Good question, I’d sent a...
Salt of the Earth
Earlier this week I had the opportunity to join a small tour group to Kanchanaburi and on the way through Samut Sakhon, we made a stop at...
Checking Out The Amulet Market
Recently I ended up wandering through more of Maha Rat Road's amulet market. Despite not having any interest in buying any amulets, I do...
On the Mahachai - Maeklong railway line
Last Sunday I went to the old Wongwian Yai train station in Thonburi thanks to a suggestion from my old friend Frans. 'Why don't we take...