Category Archives: Thailand

Despite all the clucking that’s gone down on around me about the lack of celebrating my birthday – I really had a good one. Because, you know what? This ENTIRE TRIP is like a birthday present. My brother frequently makes … Continue reading →

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0tWCpsuZ1WI] While day-to-day life for us continues on rather normally, the situation peaked yesterday with the torching and looting of Central, the second largest mall in Asia. The fire fighters were apparently prevented from entering the area and the entire … Continue reading →

Noi naa goes by Minnie. Her best friend TJ is Mickey and his mother is Alice. Sue is “crdible” for “incredible.” Can you tell that Noi naa been to see Disney on Ice? The evenings are nice and we’re trying … Continue reading →

Every other day or so, I hear a strange incantation over a loudspeaker go down the soi. At first I thought it might be some kind of political promo, but it turns out that “myquat” means “broom” and it’s simply … Continue reading →

and two picture vids, made by my bro-in-law: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eMsGx72Z2LM] [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPcZUSq3L5A] See, we really are mostly staying at home and out of trouble.

We all went out for a brief tiyao (walk) this morning to replenish our supply of fruits and vegetables. The BTS (sky train, the Bkk version of a subway) has been closed for three days due to protesting by the … Continue reading →

I made it to Chattachuk market yesterday, a weekend market famous for having over three miles of wall-to-wall vendor stalls – not to mention the overflow stalls along the sidewalk, outside Chattachuk. It’s just two BTS stations down from us, … Continue reading →

The word is that there have been 16 deaths associated with the political upheaval here in Bangkok. I want to assure everybody that Christian and I feel very safe. The protesters are demonstrating in very specific areas, many of which … Continue reading →