Tag Archives: thailand
Eating Local
You may have noticed from my last post on eating my way around South East Asia that I quite enjoyed the food. Most wonderful delicacies and delicious things graced my palate and I ate and drank to my heart’s content, but I couldn’t help but notice a few curious things that began to happen as […]
Eat your heart out
I make no excuses: I travel to eat. I love the flavours of Asian cuisine, the unique blending of salty, sweet and sour, and the way that new ingredients all seem to come together in a way that somehow seems cleaner and leaner than anything we might encounter in Europe, even when it’s deep fried. […]
Awesome and not-awesome things about my travels
So, after seven weeks traversing the landscapes of South East Asia, I am back in the sandpit of Dubai. As you may have noticed, I got about five posts into my Cambodia leg before internet went haywire. There are controls from the government in Vietnam that restrict access to some personal blogs, and generally I […]
Blitzing round on the bikes
I watched as the fourteen traditional longboats made their way along the Chao Praya, nearly thirty people on board each one, all dressed in the same colour on each boat; a bevy of pink, orange and blue rowing in unison down the river. The chanting became clearer, a song specifically for the King to be […]
A farewell in Bangkok
The days after a night of rain and storms are the hardest in Bangkok. The air is thick, heavy and soup-like and the sweat rolls off your skin, regardless of whether it’s the middle of July or December. Trust me, I’ve seen both. The heaviness of the air was probably felt double because of the […]
Bangkok in Pictures
I wrote earlier about how Bangkok is a city of function, one that is not particularly pretty. Still, being the happy snapper I am, I did whip my first-born child out (my camera, that is) and take a few shots of the city on our wanderings and shopping adventures. Here they be. And just as […]
Dinner where the monkeys eat {Treetops}
I’d never been to a restaurant before where they served an amuse bouche. I knew what they were, thanks to my endless watchings of Come Dine With Me on Food Network, but had never actually had one myself. Its presence explained the elaborate hand-blown underplate at the table setting in front of me, perched above […]
Things I love about the Thai way
Massages are for good health In the West, the idea of a massage is either for sports therapy or most commonly, relaxation. With the price of a Thai massage at about US$6.50/hour it’s definitely something we frequent while we are here. After a particularly intense massage on the beachfront of Koh Samui yesterday, I am […]
Bangkok: Only a Mother Could Love It
There has been little action on my camera today. I think I took six photos, and three of them were lunch. Similar happened last time we were in Bangkok. I photographed Andrew with his McPork and also with a transformer toy he’s bought. It’s just not a pretty city on the whole. There are some […]
What’s on my Bucket List?
At the end of 2007, I ended a toxic and stagnant relationship. I was young and unsure I if I could cope on my own. I had never spent long enough learning to be me; to be strong, independent and to find my own way in the world. I found strength in the support of […]
Monday Moment: Float life away
I have been sick. You know the kind of sick, I’m sure. That sniffly, blocked up head, runny nose kind of job that seems to desperately hurt in your throat and ears when you suddenly wake up from a nap because you’re so damn flat. The kind that makes you eat too many oat biscuits […]
