What is the best souvenir you can bring home from Thailand? For us, it was the recipes and techniques we learned from a Thai chef at our cooking class at Anantara Spice Spoons at Anantara Rasananda Koh Phangan! After a week of eating delicious curries at nearly every meal, we were very excited to learn […]
Chiang Rai’s Night Market
Though we hear that Chiang Rai’s Night Market is a much smaller version of the famous one in Chiang Mai, we really enjoyed our visit. Night markets are one of the most popular things for Thais to do; it is so hot during the day so it is much more pleasant to do your shopping […]
Wat Rong Khun: The White Temple
Wat Rong Khun, known outside of Thailand simply as The White Temple, is a strangely beautiful place. Built by the famous Thai Buddhist painter-turned-architecht and millionaire Chalermchai Kositpipat, the temple is completely funded by Kositpipat’s own money in order to bring his vision to life. Construction began in 1996 and still continues, though Kositpipat will […]
The Long Neck Karen Hill Tribe
The Long Neck Karen are a tribe of women that are refugees from Burma living in the northern Thai hills. Mistreated in their own country, they fled to Thailand where they earn an income from tourism and an education for their children in Thai schools. Some say it is unethical to visit these hill tribes […]
Elephant Encounters at Anantara Golden Triangle
Located in the lush jungle, Anantara Golden Triangle is perched on a hill overlooking the Mekong River and the mountains where Thailand, Myanmar, and Laos converge. You won’t hear the honking of motorbikes and tuk tuks here; instead, the jungle is filled with the sounds of elephants trumpeting, birds singing, and geckos chirping. The trumpeting […]
14 Places to Go in 2014
Each year we look forward to planning our own travels and since we’ve got a community of readers that love to live a life of adventure, just like us, we know you do too! So we present to you 14 places to go in 2014. From our line up of postcard perfect beach getaways to […]
Ballooning Over Bagan
Tim and I were married in a hot air balloon in Las Vegas in 2002. Well, a grounded hot air balloon. The weather was too windy to even safely inflate the balloon for our wedding photos. Despite scheduling hot air balloon rides everywhere from Las Vegas to Egypt, something always kept us grounded. After an […]
Exploring Mandalay
Myanmar, and especially Bagan, still isn’t the easiest country to reach despite the fact that things are quickly changing there. Even in just the last two months since we booked our flights from Bangkok, more airlines are offering daily flights to Myanmar’s larger cities like Yangon and Mandalay. Though there still aren’t direct flights to […]
10 Water Adventures Around the World
Each Friday on Twitter, there is a popular themed photo sharing hashtag called #FriFotos. We usually just share a few photos on Twitter, but every now and then a theme inspires us to write a #FriFotos post. This week is another fun theme, wet, so we compiled our favorite water adventures (in no particular order): […]
12 Spectacular Rooms With a View
Rooms with a view are ones you want to hang out spending time in. Think dreamy over water bungalows you can dive right in to the ocean from and stunning castles surrounded by dreamy countryside. We’ve certainly stayed in our share, and we’re always searching for more spectacular rooms with a view. But for now, […]
