This week I made my way back down to the heart of Thailand after my extended exploration up North. En route I stopped for two days in the ancient capital of Sukhothai, which I’ve been wanting to visit since my trips to Ayutthaya and Lopburi last year. Then I made my way to Bangkok, from where…

Oh, Koh Tao… what a paradox that a place that requires you to more or less live in your bikini also makes it so easy to pack on the pounds? My own very scientific studies have shown that a steady supply of cheap and delicious rice and noodle-based dished, a hard partying lifestyle with nightly buckets…

If you’ve been with me here for a while, you know there are few places on Earth special to me like Koh Tao. Koh Tao has been a home to me, the only place outside of the state of New York to ever really earn that spot in my heart. So it was inevitable, really, that…

Hey readers! This week found me continuing my exploration of Northern Thailand and having lots of touristy fun along the way. I’ve been traveling with someone I met in Hawaii, and it has definitely inversed my typical work/travel balance (which typically leans much more heavily on work!) Having a travel buddy has a lot of benefits…

As you know if you’ve been following my Photo of the Week posts, I’ve spent the last six weeks in Thailand… and I have another 13 weeks left here in Southeast Asia! I’m so excited to start sharing this trip to my favorite place on earth with you. While this will mostly be a solo journey…

This week saw me leaving Chiang Mai to explore more of Northern Thailand. Before I left Thailand’s second largest city, I played tourist a bit by taking a one day massage course at NAMO and going to hang out with the big beauties at Elephant Nature Park! Interacting with elephants in such a nurturing and intimate…