A strange thing happens when traveling to a non-Western country, I like to imagine I’ll be the only white person around. I want to be the only farang here. Send the stinky backpackers, ditzy drunks and old white male retirees back …
There is a beautiful story concerning the Buddha and a lotus. It is said that the Buddha came to give a talk holding a lotus. Though he was there to share the dharma, he did not speak right way. He …
Many have requested that I start a blog for my travels in Thailand. I already have this blog, and a couple of others, so I figure this place is as good as any, right? Over the next few weeks, I …
–or Why I’m Giving Up Coffee– Recently, I drove from my home just north of Boston, all the way to Tampa, Florida. I have family there. I also had heard a rumor that it’s generally warmer there than in the …
Sometimes you need to pack you bags and hightail it outta town; other times, you have these things planned for sometime. Thanks to some serendipitous pull of the universe, I find myself with a lot of pre-planned travel at a …