Mixed Emotions: On Leaving Asia

We are wrapping it up here in Thailand. In Asia. The time has come that we feel the need to swing back through our home country for a bit. It is time to see Brittany and Collin, time for a beer and a wee dram of whiskey and good conversation with good friends, time to […]

Where The Hell Did We Go?

I have been a bit poor about any updates in here recently. We have been getting medical check-ups, MRI’s (Tam), and root canals (me) and some dental work, and eye exams, as well as having several visitors and kiteboarding with them a bunch. Sorry! But, for an update: We left the Philippines. It is a […]

More Monkey Business!

I was looking back through some photos this morning, and I realized that I left out a whole side trip we made in Thailand. We made this long, long day trip to Prachuap Khiri Khan about seventy-five kilometers South of our place in Hua Hin, with one goal in mind: finding the friendly dusky langurs […]

A Short Post.

It was brought to my attention this morning by someone (Yeah, that was you Dad) that my posts are too long… Here is a short one: Tam on an albino water buffalo at the Hua Hin zoo. No promises moving forward. They may get longer again…

It’s Thailand, Not Adventure

We woke up to a rare rainy day this morning in Hua Hin, Thailand. This is the third day we have had rain since we left home in January, and it is welcome. It has been regularly in the nineties and low hundreds every day for the last two months, so a cool rainy day […]

Temples, Caves, And Motorbike Crashes.

This post was originally published on 5 April, 2023, and moved here, to my new blog. We decided it was time for a rest day. Too many days kiteboarding in a row, and I was starting to feel a bit old. Some of my old injuries and arthritises come back after about 10 days in […]

Statues At Temples… On Being A Buddhist Imposter.

This post was originally published on 28 March, 2023, and moved here, to my new blog. I absolutely love visiting Buddhist temples. Every one has it’s own energy. Some feel empty, and some feel full of energy and peace. All over Thailand, from Bangkok to the most rural places imaginable, there are temples (Wats) in […]

What A Long Strange Trip… Or, Fucking Retirement Is Trying To Kill Me.

This post was originally published on 18 March, 2023, and moved here, to my new blog. Well, it’s been a while. Sorry about that, but it turns out this retirement thing is a lot more work than I thought. I have written a bit about my TIA, so I won’t try to bore you further with […]

Roengroenachit Warungkarusami

This post was originally published on 25 Feb, 2023, and moved here, to my new blog. This kid! He is actually 35 years old now. We couldn’t say his name very accurately so we called hime by his nickname Rarm (we pronounced it rom because we are hopeless Americans). He was an exchange student from […]

Wat arun At Night, Across the River, While We Eat Dinner And Act Like Cheesy Tourists

This post was originally published on 25 Feb, 2023, and moved here, to my new blog. I had to add a few (more) Cheesy tourist shots. This was actually a pretty beautiful restaurant on the Chao Praya River running right through the middle of all of Bangkok. We had a great view of the main (stupa/chedi/pagoda) […]