Looking back on our recent month in Thailand, Singapore, and Malaysia, and the stories we’ve shared along the way, there are a few key points that continually rise to the surface. So here it is, the cream of our SE Asia travels: Activity based travel is currently our favorite … Continue reading
Three weeks into our journey here in Thailand, we started getting antsy. We’d been to the big city of Bangkok to sightsee, to the northern region near Chiang Mai to learn how to cook thai food, to the beaches of Koh Tao to earn our scuba certifications, and we were … Continue reading
While here in Thailand, we’ve realized that we like to be active participants of the local culture and highlights rather than passive viewers. The cooking school was a perfect fit for us because it allowed us to both learn and practice an important piece of thai culture. This explains how … Continue reading
What have we learned since we’ve been in Thailand? Thai people love their food. Second, they like their food spicy, in addition to bitter, sweet, and sour. So, we decided the best way to experience Thailand and its people’s love of food was to learn how to cook it. We’d … Continue reading
As we continue to try live in a way that we think is best and avoid thoughtlessly abiding by societal norms, we found ourselves on a stopover between Bangkok and Chiang Mai (Thailand’s two largest cities) and as we got off the train, our mild expectations were shaken a bit … Continue reading
As you might expect, it wasn’t just our parents that were nervous about us traveling to Thailand, especially to Bangkok. I was a little hesitant to visit a city that has a reputation for all-night partying and sex tourists looking for love in all the wrong places. Ask many Americans … Continue reading
We made it to Bangkok! After over 23 hours on planes (which all went smoothly) we landed in Thailand with temperatures well into the 90’s. We were immediately thrust into the hustle and bustle of busy city Asian life. Bangkok is happening, with a huge population, a major urban setting, … Continue reading
