![A clock with fruits where numbers are normally seen.](http://yearlonghoneymoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_8716-470x140.png)
In the morning, we flip-flop to the pavement-level cook shop a half-dozen doors from our hotel. Cooking happens over open flame at the street while…
![Buses painted blue, white, and yellow await commuters at the Memorial Bridge ferry terminal in Bangkok.](http://yearlonghoneymoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/IMG_8730-470x140.png)
We are in well charted territory, and we are in uncharted territory: Thailand. It’s our third time in the Siamese bustle, so at one level,…
![A Kettle of Makgeoli](http://yearlonghoneymoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/IMG_1436-470x140.jpg)
While traveling, we expect the unexpected, adventure. While traveling we try not to expect generosity, though we often experience it. It is rare, though, that…
![Blue Rice, Nasi Kerabu](http://yearlonghoneymoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_07411-470x140.jpg)
The Malaysians have a rare skill for which they should be honored: They make blue. This is not about B.B. King, may he rest in…
![Malaysian Iced Coffee](http://yearlonghoneymoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/IMG_5506-470x140.jpg)
You may be wondering, “What is there to debate about Malaysian coffee?” In a country as diverse as Malaysia, there are actually quite a number…
![Lok-lok Skewers on Penang, Malaysia](http://yearlonghoneymoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/lok_lok_closeup-470x140.jpg)
Do you delight in toothpicked cheese cubes? Or prosciutto pinned to melon? The olives harpooned in your martini? If so, then may I recommend lok-lok? In this…
![Gowned Students on a Thai Train](http://yearlonghoneymoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/Nursing_Students-470x140.jpg)
I am no artist, but I travel in the company of an artist and am therefore qualified to speak on all manner of things esthetic,…
![The White Shiraz Monsoon Valley Wines](http://yearlonghoneymoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/IMG_4907-e1432035084703-470x140.jpg)
Perhaps you haven’t yet heard of ‘new latitude’ wines. These are vintages whose grapes are grown in places—usually tropical places—your French great-grandmother thought were good…
![A "House" Boat Navigates the Chao Phraya](http://yearlonghoneymoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/IMG_9339-e1431061237587-470x140.jpg)
Today we’re playing Mark Twain. Read slowly, and with a hint of a drawl. We’re sitting on the banks of the Chao Phraya River—it’s warm,…
![500 Words on Thai Food](http://yearlonghoneymoon.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/IMG_97191-470x140.jpg)
I have resisted writing about food on this blog. Does the cyber-world really need another person taking wanderlusty pictures of their lunch and writing 500…
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