Never before on this blog have I devoted an entire post to only one single dish. But the following is completely deserving of this special treatment. After 2 months of traveling through Thailand, this is the single best Thai dish I have ever had. On our first full day in Koh Chang, our AirBnB host, Jum, came around to our cottage to take us on a grocery run in her car. Along the way, we briefly got to know each other…
Temples, monkeys, and needles: a Lopburi misadventure
I should have known better. I should have known that beneath the cuddliness, is danger. During our 2nd full day in Ayutthaya, we took a day trip out to Lopburi, a little town about an hour’s train ride north of Ayutthaya. Up until a couple of days before, I’ve never even heard of it. But a couple of people we’d just met told us to go there to see monkeys. Any mention of potential animal encounters, and I’m in! After an…
November 2014 travel re-cap: criss-crossing through Thailand
Sometimes when blogging gets tough, when I sit and stare at a blank screen for hours, I often ask myself why I blog. “It’s for our memories. It’s the best souvenir I can get,” I’d tell myself. Otherwise, I’d forget. But then I realize that if it really is to document my memories, then I’m doing the world’s crappiest job at that. When I started this blog, I really thought I was going to write about everything we do and…
Unplugged
It’s been almost a week since I’ve accessed my email, social media accounts, blog stuff, or the internet in general. 6 days of being completely disconnected from the outside world (except for the occasional Facebook update from D, who has a data plan on his phone). But I swear I have a good reason! Here is where I have been: Okay, not actually in the ocean, but on the island of Koh Chang. We chose Koh Chang for our Thai island experience based…
Visiting the beautiful Karen Long Neck people
The Long Neck people was something I’ve only vaguely heard about. They were like a strange, beautiful legend that only existed within the pages of a National Geographic magazine or from behind the TV screen of a documentary about an ancient faraway culture. Is it possible that they still exist in this modern society? So when I learned that they have a name (Karen Long Necks) and lived in Thailand, and that their village was accessible from Chiang Mai, I…
Chefs for a day with A Lot of Thai cooking class in Chiang Mai
For someone who likes to eat so much, I’m not a cook. Whenever anyone asks me whether I cook, I’d say “I make food, but I don’t cook.” I can whip up a delicious bowl of fried rice and make praise-worthy guacamole, but real cooking? Nah. I don’t have the patience nor a particularly developed palate to know when something needs just an extra pinch of salt or whatever. Of the two of us, D is the chef. He grew his own…
Finding my stride in Chiang Mai
You guys… I didn’t want to do it. I didn’t want to become a backpacker cliche. You know the ones… the ones who travel to Southeast Asia (specifically Chiang Mai, Thailand) to find thrills and indulge in good food, all while (and most importantly) living on the ridiculously cheap. And the ones who inevitably settle down there because, why else would you go anywhere else now?! But I have something to confess. I LOVE Chiang Mai too! I love it so much…
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