The moat around the old city in Chiang Mai glows late at night. For more brilliant pictures of Thailand, click here. I guess it’s simply the luck of the draw that no matter how good a time we have in our destination, our travel between places just doesn’t quite work out. Standing in the train [...] Read more »
The mountains above Chiang Mai are lush and beautiful. For more aerie pictures of Thailand, click here. I awake to the sound of a rooster signaling sunrise. As I peel my eyes open, there is no difference, the darkness identical beneath my eyelids as outside. I consider getting up to watch the sunrise, but my [...] Read more »
Light slips in through cracks, illuminating the longhouse provided for us in Karen. For more serene photographs of Thailand, click here. In the mountains outside the city of Chiang Mai lies a series of villages which are merely referred to as Ban Mai in Thai. To the people of these villages, our guide Samruam (Sam [...] Read more »
Matt rests after chowing down during a stop in the port town of Champorn. For more gluttonous pictures from Thailand, click here. What a difference a few days make. I’m currently in the midst of 36 hours straight of travel from the Southern island of Koh Samui to the Northern jungle city of Chiang Mai. [...] Read more »
Barnacles wait to destroy the extremities of unsuspecting passersby. For more sharp and dangerous pictures of Thailand, click here. I’m in pain… and it feels wonderful. My hands sting with every movement from the cuts received on the barnacles. My whole body shakes with the pink fluorescence of slightly sunburned skin. My back aches where [...] Read more »
The old man we helped paddles his boat along the coast at sunset, collecting his net. For more calm and relaxing photos of Thailand, click here. Babes, beaches and beer. Three Bs that can instantly relax almost any man. The beer on Koh Samui is priced roughly equal to some American bars, but the babes [...] Read more »
A trio of catalog ready Italian girls walk along Lamai Beach in Koh Samui. For more babe-a-licious pictures of Thailand, click here. I’m suddenly finding myself having second thoughts about this Thai island paradise. The ferry is full of bleary eyed faces looking exactly how I feel after a long night of restless bus riding–if, [...] Read more »
The Thai countryside passes by as we travel onwards. For more pacifying pictures of Thailand, click here. I hate John Denver. I know what you’re thinking: “How can you hate someone so sweet, innocent and pure?” Fuck that. John Denver is the middle finger on the right hand of Satan masquerading as a Christian country [...] Read more »
The modern Kwai River Bridge spans the Kwai Yai River, people crossing when trains aren’t. For more time and space spanning pictures from Thailand, click here. My father used to take regular trips to Hawaii for business when I was a child. A couple times each year, my mother and I would accompany him, lounging [...] Read more »
The monkeys of the Grand Palace, complete in their modern excuse for modesty. For more historically reinvented pictures of Thailand, click here. The monkeys stood stalwart, a rainbow of emotion carved onto their faces—happy, sad, scared, excited—their hands stiffly holding the golden spire they surrounded. their bodies glistened in the afternoon sun, the gaudy stage [...] Read more »