To dine on the island of Penang, we must cross Malaysia from east to west. As the house crow flies, that’s 150 miles. As the…
Kota Bharu, the capital of Malaysia’s Kelantan province, is a quiet city. There seem to be wider, more plentiful streets than the people need. Few…
Shhh…here is a secret: some of the best beaches in Thailand are utterly empty and largely undeveloped. How can treasures so valuable be unexploited? The…
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,…
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…
It’s a fantasy that must be imbued on the psyche of every Thai: to ride a horse upon the sand, as the waves lap gently…
The city of Ayutthaya is on the map for its history, for its ruins, for the intimacy of its past. Our hostess calls it “a…
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,…
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…
Nepal has suffered a truly horrible earthquake. We were safely in Bangkok, editing our blogs and photographs when the disaster happened. That said, the 7.8 magnitude…
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