Often you'll find families of the songthaew driver sitting up front; here a young girl plays peekaboo with Prem from the front seat — Often you'll find families of the *songthaew* driver sitting up front; here a young girl plays peekaboo with Prem from the front seat

Visiting Chiang Mai, Thailand: An Overview, Fall 2016

November 19, 2016

Despite being the largest city in Northern Thailand, Chiang feels manageable and laid back, in part due to far less traffic and a smaller city center than its southern counterpart, Bangkok. Here is the practical information we observed in our time there.

Wat Pho, a Buddhist temple complex in Bangkok

Visiting Bangkok, Thailand: An Overview, Fall 2016

October 13, 2016

On our second visit to Thailand we spent time in Bangkok, the country’s most populous city. Our first visit to Thailand was earlier this year to Koh Lanta, a small laid back island in the south, a far cry from the busy metropolis that is the country’s capital. Over our 6 nights in Bangkok, here’s the practical information we observed.