Category Archives: Adventure 2012
Island Highlights
Here are some photo highlights of our time at the beach… Bangrak Beach at sunset Nothing like a refreshing mojito on a hot Koh Samui night! Lunchtime on Koh Samui: Pad Kra Pao Gai (chicken with chiles and Thai basil … Continue reading
White Knuckle Drive to Paradise
After a lazy Saturday, we were ready for an adventure on Sunday, so, thanks to our accommodating hotel manager, who rented us his friend’s red Toyota Yaris, we set off to explore the island of Koh Samui. As usual, … Continue reading
Blue Ocean Garden, Koh Phangan
Here’s a shot of John working on his latest blog post. Nice view!
Bangkok Food Highlights
I love Thai food and have been looking forward to eating the real deal in Thailand for a long, long time now. John, on the other hand, at least as long as I’ve known him, has believed himself not to … Continue reading
Lizards in Lumphini Park
After a fried chicken lunch, we wandered through Lumphini Park, which seems to be the Central Park of Bangkok, although instead of squirrels racing across the lawn, you can catch a glimpse of giant lizards baking themselves in the sun. … Continue reading
The Money Trail – Thailand
One of my favorite things about travelling abroad is exchanging currency. I always tend to bring a little bit of foreign money home with me as a keepsake when I travel abroad. And, friends back home always seem interested in … Continue reading
Let’s go to the Mall
Day one in Bangkok was pretty intense: navigating trains and subways, hitching a ride on the tourist boats we were trying to avoid, remembering to look right as we ambled across streets teeming with cars and zippy motorbikes (Thai traffic … Continue reading
Closed Until 2pm
This morning we decided to start off our stay in Bangkok, on the first real day of our adventure, with a visit to the Grand Palace. We set out to take the Skytrain to Taksin station, along the Chao Phraya … Continue reading
Austin to Bangkok
We started our journey this morning with a little snag—our first flight, from Austin to L.A., was delayed and looked like it might be cancelled. The ticket agent suggested we take an alternative route from Austin to Dallas and from … Continue reading
Information Gathering
We’ll be writing on our blog about social, economic, environmental, human and animal rights issues that we learn about on the way. Stay tuned!