Janelle In Preah Khan, originally uploaded by Mister Wind-Up Bird. Some things live up to the hype. Angkor is one of those things. It’s hard to say this without sounding geeky (impossible, in fact) so here it goes: Angkor is like all my childhood Dungeons & Dragons or Lord of the Rings-inspired flights of imagination…
Month: March 2011
A Holiday in Cambodia
And it’s a holiday in Cambodia Where you’ll do what you’re told A holiday in Cambodia Where the slums got so much soul –Dead Kennedys Bus Travel, originally uploaded by Mister Wind-Up Bird. We arrived at the Cambodian border fully expecting to pay our first-ever direct, unambiguous bribe to a government official. I even had…
Breakfast On The River Kwai
Breakfast On The River Kwai, originally uploaded by Mister Wind-Up Bird. Kanchanaburi is the kind of place you could plan to visit for a couple of days and end up staying a couple of weeks. Â About two hours from Bangkok by bus, but a world away in terms of pace, it’s a town whose tourism…
Guest Post: Adventures in Thai Dentistry
Special guest post by Janelle! I am not an adventurous person, and consider myself to be overly cautious in most things. However, the promise of cheap dental treatment in Bangkok seemed too good to pass up. I read all the sites on the net. Relief from a niggling tooth that was the oral equivalent of…
Playing Cards and French Fries
Bangkok Traffic, originally uploaded by Mister Wind-Up Bird. Okay, while I find Bangkok kind of fascinating, we’re currently feeling a bit trapped and lost here. Â Janelle semi-unexpectedly had to get some dental work done here resulting in a root canal and new crown. Â So instead of leaving a day or two ago for eastern Thailand…