This morning I left Chiang Mai International Airport bound for Bangkok, and tomorrow morning I will be on the plane again for Hat Yai and headed for the beach.

It was a great stay in Chiang Mai and I will… Read More>>

Ok, it’s another morning in Chiang Mai and time to give everyone the update.

I walked up Ratchadamnoen Road through the Thapae Gate last night and headed downtown. Although Chiang Mai has grown a lot since 1983, most of the… Read More>>

It’s just turning to evening here in Chiang Mai and I’ve completed my tour of Doi Suthep — it was a good and bad day.

Originally, I had planned to hike up Doi Suthep, just as my classmates and I… Read More>>

It’s now morning of day two in Chiang Mai and the tour of town has already been great.

After checking into the 3-Sis Guesthouse and getting myself fed and cleaned up yesterday, I headed over to the CMU campus for… Read More>>

It’s morning now, and Lampang has disappeared into Lamphun as we cross the Thai countryside.  The seats around me have filled with a few German backpackers, as we stopped during the night in Mae Something and Nakhon Nowhere.

We’ll be… Read More>>

It’s almost 8:00 pm on my second day in the 25 year anniversary Thai party and I’m on the overnight express train from Chiang Mai to Bangkok.

Back in 1983 this train ride was the start of a new section… Read More>>

It’s been a year since my last trip to Thailand, and things have changed.  Last year, I left in the middle of an economic boom and a natural disaster (the biggest blizzards to hit China in a century).  The airports… Read More>>

It must be contagious.  I’m not from here – I’ve only lived here six years, but I seem to have already caught this Shanghai snobbiness.  Once you leave Shanghai you drop off the edge of the earth. The only good… Read More>>

This will be a quick post as we are off on the train to Changzhou in about ten minutes.  Yeah, where is Changzhou?  Which ‘zhou is that?  Well, it’s coming up fast kids, so pay attention.

Changzhou is one of… Read More>>