Archive for October, 2009

A Day Around Ubon

October 24th, 2009

Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand – Jumping back again to my trip in Ubon…
Day trips on a motorbike can be journeys in themselves.   By the time you arrive home, the morning, almost hard to recall at this time, seems like it was ages ago.  My first full day in Ubon, I found myself first in an orchard [...]

On Making a Travel Show (in Happier Times)

October 22nd, 2009

Bangkok, Thailand – I won’t jump into the snarkiness that is reverberating through the digital space.  However, this post couldn’t be more timely unless I had actually gotten it together for the period of time when the Food Trip with Todd English episode on Thailand (Big Mango: Three Nights in Bangkok) was airing.  The picture [...]

Last Night, He Said

October 20th, 2009

Beht Sam
Ubon Ratchathani, Thailand – Last night my father called to tell me that a box of notebooks and shoes arrived at my parents’ house in Massachusetts.  I sent it from Bangkok over two months and its arrival was a reminder of things past and things left undone.  So, I’m picking up where I left [...]