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• Bangkok, Cambodia, Thailand, headaches, less food-related, road trippin', travel

  East of the Border, South of the Sun

  02.16.10 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  “The train to Bangkok is never late,” he promised.
  Of course we were the ones who decided to take the risk of buying tickets for a bus that left 90 minutes after our train arrived in Bangkok. But we had read a lot about crossing from Thailand to Cambodia over land, and it didn’t sound [...]

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• Thailand, animals, entrees, headaches, travel

  Promises and Pachydermal Proboscides

  02.14.10 | Permalink | 1 Comment

  Throughout my few years of travel, I’ve learned a lot of interesting things: pineapples grow in the ground. Smile innocently at your waiter in Italy and you’ll get free drinks whether you wanted them or not. In the Costa Rican forest, that huge thing you think is a tree is technically a vine. Jaguars will [...]

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• Thailand, restaurants, temples, travel

  Wat’s the Story

  02.08.10 | Permalink | 6 Comments

  There are a lot of us travelers out there who would like to believe that we aren’t Tourists. Tourists are loud and ignorant and don’t care if they are; they don’t try to learn basic phrases of the local language; they snub the local food, and maybe they only see a fabled Local from the [...]

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• Bangkok, Thailand, headaches, markets, temples, travel

  Gridlok

  02.04.10 | Permalink | 7 Comments

  Perhaps when you hear “Bangkok,” you think of sprawling, bustling urbanity. Perhaps you think of up-and-coming metropolitan glamour, of shopping and nightlife. Maybe you think of massages, culinary delights, criminal exchange rates, and sexual puns. That’s all fine. Let me tell you what you’ll really do if you come to Bangkok.
  Lean in close; it’s a [...]

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