It’s always great when you find a home away from home. A place where you can relax, regroup, unwind and return to and feel at home. For me Manee House in Chiang Mai is this place. I was brought into the family and embraced when I returned, welcomed home after my ventures into the jungle and…
By the time you reach Chiang Mai in Thailand’s north you are usually sick of Pad Thai. This is extra true for those who have just come up from Bangkok where a diet of street food generally leads to a daily dish of delightful Pad Thai. Entering Chiang Mai, the last thing you will want…
It’s still dark outside as our car creeps towards an unknown lone building on the outskirts of Keng Tung, Myanmar. Our driver switches off the engine, indicating for us to get out of the car. We obey. My heart accelerates in my chest; every pulse in my body intensifies as my imagination runs wild. Our driver begins…
The taxi stops in a dirt lot filled with mini vans and buses. Could this be the airport? He jumps out and begins to unload our bags from the trunk. Pointing us in the direction of a small basic building opposite the lot he climbed back into the drivers seat as was off. Following his…
Paper hot air balloons. Paper hot air balloons fuelled with raging fires. Paper hot air balloons fuelled with raging fires and covered with candles. Paper hot air balloons fuelled with raging fires and covered with fireworks. Paper hot air balloons fuelled with raging fires and covered with fireworks that shoot downwards into the crowds of…
