Kettle of Chinese Tea Eggs I came across this pot of Tea Eggs in the China Town are of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Tea eggs are regular eggs, boiled in a concoction of tea and other spices; commonly cinnamon, fennel seeds, star anise and cloves. They are also called...
Note: This post was written in 2014 and reflects Jonathan’s personal cost of living in Chiang Mai at that time. Prices have changed considerably since then, so the figures below should be treated as a historical snapshot rather than current costs. I get a lot of...
I often hear from people who say they wish they could do world travel more but they don’t. They know there are thousands of reasons to travel and thousands of places in the world to see, but they stick pretty close to home. Most of them, are fully capable of devoting...
When it comes to street food sometimes things are not what they appear to be. At other times things taste far better than they sound; for instance, blood tofu. Last summer I went on a tour and street food adventure in Cambodia with my friend Pin Vannak. I knew I was...
A Man Harvests Purple Lotus Flowers near Angkor Wat in Cambodia The Cambodia flower, the lotus flower is one of the most plentiful flowers in Cambodia. Everywhere you travel in SE Asia you will find them in lakes, ponds, canals and even in roadside ditches. The flower...
Exterior of Bangkok Hospital in Chiang Mai, Thailand Today I checked into the newly opened Bangkok Hospital Chiang Mai, Thailand for some minor day surgery. I don’t normally like talking about medical conditions, but several years ago I found a small bump, about the...
I had mixed feelings about going to Ngapali Beach on the west coast of Myanmar. The guidebooks said that it was the most popular beach in Burma and I am not a big fan of busy. I had talked to people, that hadn’t been there, that said it was crowded and overpriced so...
Fifteen kilometers from Chiang Mai, Thailand is one of the country’s most sacred temples, Wat Phra That Doi Suthep, usually known simply as Doi Suthep, a name it shares with the 1,676-meter tall granite mountain that the temple towers over the city from. At night the...
