Its Not All Facebook And Rainbows… It’s real life.

Tam and I have had several conversations recently with other travelers. Mostly, these are Europeans, and one American: but in all cases long-term travelers spending three months to a year abroad. The one similar thing that we have all experienced are the misconceptions many of our friends and family back at home have about our […]

Sri Lanka At Last!

We have made it to Sri Lanka finally! I say finally because it feels like twenty years we have been talking about coming here (okay, it has been twenty years). I am really glad we did. We have been here five days, and I feel like I am sliding into this state of peace here […]

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 […]

These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things… On Kiteboarding.

This post was originally posted on 07 April, 2023, and moved here, to my new blog. Kiteboarding! It is the long, smooth, cruisey downwinder, effortlessly looping the kite and carving alternating edges along the swell caused by the very same wind that powers your progress. It is dropping into a wave on the perfect sideshore […]

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 […]

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) […]

Wat Pho At Sunset.

This post was originally published on 25 Feb, 2023, and moved here, to my new blog. Wat Pho! We have been here before, about 20 years ago, but nothing has changed. I am not sure why I would be surprised by that, seeing as how it was originally completed around 1688 by King Rama I, […]

The Things You Find On The Beach In Vietnam

This post was originally published on 16 Feb, 2023, and moved here, to my new blog. I wanted to do a post on here about the strange and beautiful things I find every morning on my walk on the beach. I found pretty shells, and… … more pretty shells, and… … this cute little orange, and […]