Category: Southeast Asia

Feeding Monks in Luang Probang, Laos

Feeding Monks in Luang Probang, Laos

I’ve fed turtles, iguanas, seals, fish, dogs and cats, hamsters and rabbits, ducks and geese, but today was a first-..

Shopping for Bargains – Chiang Mai

Shopping for Bargains – Chiang Mai

Arts and Crafts are big in Chiang Mai. People flock from all over the world to experience this shoppers paradise…

Tigers and Temples

Tigers and Temples

They say that there are less that 120 tigers left in the wild with numbers decreasing every year.  This catastrophic..

Saving the Elephants in Thailand

Saving the Elephants in Thailand

Thailand has a very long history with elephants.  For many years, they were trained to work logging teak wood from..

Hill Tribe Village

Hill Tribe Village

We are stepping way back in time to visit the Hill Tribe people.

Treasures in Chiang Rai

Treasures in Chiang Rai

We started our day with a trip to the Golden Triangle of Chiang Rai. It’s the district where three countries..

The White Temple – Wat Rong Khun

The White Temple – Wat Rong Khun

The six+ hour bus ride to Chiang Rai today was worth it when we reached our destination of Wat Rong..

The Road to Sukhothai

The Road to Sukhothai

We traveled approximately six hours by bus north to arrive at Sukhothai, meaning the Dawn of Happiness, was a town..

Ancient Ruins in  Ayutthaya

Ayutthaya is a city one hour north of Bangkok, which was the second capital of Siam until the Burmese burned..