I called my sister from Taiping, a city of 100,000 people in the state of Perak in northwestern Malaysia. Now most people with any sense of geography know that Malaysia is located south of Thailand and the whole country is very tropical, by virtue of...

Traveling in a foreign country, the traveler will most likely experience communication problems, especially when the language and culture is radically different than his own. This is definitely the case with Thailand - even though Thailand is...

I arrived in Bangkok, Thailand’s vibrant capital city a couple of weeks ago; my last visit to the City of Angels (otherwise known as Krung Thep) was approximately one year ago. What’s new in Bangkok? Besides a number of new boutiquish hotels and...

As a traveler, I admit to having a fascination with TIME. In particular, I like to keep a record of the length of time between the arrival at an International airport and my Hotel check-in - including a timeline of all the intermediary components...

At last, my long awaited first post from my 42 day Odyssey to Southeast Asia. Many more to follow…. I have a friend by the name of Khun Moongmink from Bangkok whose profession involves translating documents from English to Thai and vice versa. Of all...