There is nothing I love more than discovering an offbeat and quirky surprise in a city I love. Take New York City: forget the MOMA, I’d rather to go to MoSex! So you can’t imagine how excited I was when, while cruising through Bangkok’s Siam district, I spotted a seashell museum out the window. Did you…

This week I got a chance to return to Sail Rock and do some fun diving. Sail Rock is one of the most famous dive sites in Thailand but it takes about two hours to reach from Koh Tao. It wasn’t necessarily totally “fun” though considering the water was so very rough and the ride out…

Yesterday I sang the praises of Bangkok’s largest market, Chatuchak. Start there to read and see more about my favorite shopping destination in the world. Today, I’m showing off some of our greatest buys! In case I have yet to convince you that Chatuchak Market is a must-see destination, I’m going to show you some of…

My little sister once famously said that “whoever said money doesn’t buy happiness was shopping in the wrong stores.” (And that was before a Gossip Girl character famously uttered a similar phrase.) I knew then that she couldn’t leave Bangkok, already a shopper’s mecca, without visiting the Holy Grail: The Chatuchak Weekend Market. Have you ever…

For those of you just joining us, I am recapping, in excruciating detail, my family and friends’ trip to visit me in Thailand over the holidays. It all started when I met my family in Bangkok, after which we hopped down to Koh Tao, met up with friends, and celebrated Christmas. The whole group island-hopped to Koh Samui…

Recently I wrote about my number one recommendation to travelers coming to Koh Tao: take a day trip to Koh Nang Yuan! There is a close runner-up in that race though, and it’s taking a longtail trip around the island. My two recommendations have a lot in common- they both involve snorkeling, beach-bumming, and beautiful scenery. Yet…