Chiang Mai Walking early in the morning along the moats surrounding the old city with the monks and hookers both sharing curb space in the city, it is somewhat overwhelming to think of piecing together all of this for others. The triteness of a new world with internet hookups, Starbucks, and the ubiquitous 7-11 stores …
Category: International
Tubing on the Moei River
Chiang Mai One of the more interesting, and surprising, things we found ourselves watching with interest was the porous border crossing on the Moei River between Thailand and Burma. The bridge was lightly trafficked above us as we saw an occasional foreign couple or straggler walking over, but beneath the bridge in the fast moving …
Workers Safe Haven
Mae Sot The morning had begun before dawn as I walked the downtown streets of Mae Sot in the company of hundreds of orange clad Buddhist monks of all ages as they padded silently in bare feet along the streets to find their sustenance from the alms of believers, some sitting ready to feed them …