If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!Blood and smoke filled the streets of Bangkok today. Thailand’s Prime Minister Samak Sundaravej has announced that the country is in a State of Emergency. Rioting protesters led by the People’s Republic for Democracy (PAD) faced violent opposition with the pro-government supporters. The PAD claims that Samak is covering up

Man sleeping on his veggies at the market in Hang Dong, northern Thailand (Dan, you probably know this market!). I took this picture a few days ago as Josh and I went to the market to get some food, chicken and sticky rice and some vegetables. So, the man looked like he was deceased! But he was breathing! I had to take a picture (with my cell phone) because it was such a funny sight as other people at the market were actively working and selling and cooking, he …

A major lesson I learned when I was in the Army was “No Excuses.” If you didn’t say what you meant

The first time I lived in Thailand, I was 16 years old, and an exchange student at a local Thai high school in Bangkok. That was my first experience with getting charged higher prices than others because I am a “falang,” - that is a word Thai people use to classify foreigners, or non-Thais.
Some foreigners become offended when they are constantly being referred to as a “falang,” rather than by their name. Personally, I can understand enough Thai to know what people are saying when they are talking, and hearing …

Last weekend, an innocent drive in the mountains turned into a frighteningly dangerous escapade which left us zooming downhill around the winding curves at recklessly fast speeds. I was driving along when I realized the gas pedal was stuck and the car would not stop accelerating.
My close friend who I hadn’t seen in four years decided to visit Josh and I in Thailand last week and so we decided to head into the mountains to go to the highest point in Thailand. Doi Inthanon, known as …

I’m sorry but I had to post this - maybe it’s not that funny to anyone else but it was very amusing to me! Every Saturday my gardener’s daughter who is 14 comes over to my house and cleans it for me.