This past weekend we were at Seattle’s Central Library attending National Geographic’s Mastering Travel Photography seminar.  After 6 hours of listening to two of Nat Geo’s best travel photographers (Ralph Lee Hopkins and Bob Krist), we came back with a wealth of information.  Here’s a list of the top 5 things we learned or confirmed […]

One of the items on our list of things we must do While We’re Alive, is going to take us 10 years to complete!!  That’s because #24 is: Celebrate New Year’s Eve in 10 Different Cities!! For 2012, we rang in the New Year with thousands of Thais in Pattaya, Thailand.  A week long concert, paper […]

If you’ve been to Thailand before, you know what Phuang Malai is.  You may have never known what to call it other than, “those pretty flower arrangements that are practically everywhere”, but we can guarantee that unless you’re legally blind, you know Phuang Malai. Hand made and purchased for good luck, offerings, and a multitude […]

There were rumours swirling around for years about the impending closure of the Suan Lum Night Bazaar in Bangkok, but we refused to believe them.  After all, it was our evening sanctuary.  A place where we could walk to in just 5 minutes from our hotel, at any hour in the night, to satisfy our […]

Bangkok’s Chinatown can easily be described as a sensory overload not worth missing, and is an absolute must experience for both old and new tourists to the Thai capital.  Packed with shops selling anything from bathtub plugs to Angry Birds backpacks, it’s gold and food that’s Chinatown’s specialty.  The streets here are jam packed with people, […]