Burma Tea House Etiquette

Burma Tea House Etiquette

There is something enjoyable about slowing down, taking a seat and having a cup of tea. I am not talking about your posh, formal English High Tea — but something just as civilized in the true sense of the word — and to me more enjoyable. When in Burma I quickly...
Burma Tea House Etiquette

Thailand Monkey Temple

Monkeys at the Lopburi Monkey Temple (Updated: July 2018) I had never heard of the Thailand Monkey Temple (Phra Prang Sam Yot) in Lopburi, Thailand until just before I visited and I didn’t really expect to find something so unusual in this otherwise seemingly ordinary...
Burma Tea House Etiquette

Bo Sang Umbrella Village

Bo Sang Umbrella Village is the most colorful of the craft villages surrounding Chiang Mai, Thailand. The techniques for making these umbrellas dates back from over a century ago when a monk, Phra In Tha, brought the knowledge back from Burma and taught the Thais how...
Burma Tea House Etiquette

Bun Cha in Hanoi

Bun Cha just gives me that warm, at home, feeling wherever I am in the world. When I arrived in Hanoi, Vietnam it was cloudy and cold. It was one of those days when just you want some comfort food. Fortunately finding good food among the old French colonial buildings...