If you keep up with the news, it’s hard not to notice that Thailand and Kyrgyzstan have been in the midst of political turmoil and violent protests this past week. In an effort to offer a foil to images of bloodied protesters in Bishkek, I posted a link to a series of photo essays from our visit to Kyrgyzstan in 2007. Some friends thanked us, while another also voiced what I imagine is a prevailing perception: “Great pics but isn’t it crazy how fast a country/society can turn?” Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Kyrgyzstan, Perspectives, Thailand by: Daniel Noll
21 Comments | 12 April 2010
Filed Under: Southeast Asia, Thailand, Travel by: Daniel Noll
5 Comments | 9 March 2009
“If you were stranded on a desert island and could choose only one cuisine for the rest of your days, which would it be?”
Have you ever considered this? The thought of choosing just one cuisine for the rest of our days makes us break out in sweats.
But change that question to: “What’s your favorite place for street food?”
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Filed Under: Food, Photography, Thailand by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
10 Comments | 8 March 2009
Perhaps you’d like to know what happened after I was robbed at Bangkok Airport security last month. Well, the saga continued with more “investigations” and a mysterious wire transfer. Transparency is not the first word that comes to mind. Continue Reading »
- Robbed! Sticky Fingers at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport
- Robbed Redux: Sticky Fingers at Suvarnabhumi Airport, Part 2
- Avoiding Theft at Airport Security
Filed Under: Perspectives, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Travel by: Daniel Noll
21 Comments | 27 February 2008
If I were ever tortured, my captors would break me by playing the morning music from the elementary school next door.
– Dan, after the fifth straight day of waking up at 7:15 AM to enjoy a 45-minute syrupy Thai musical loop resembling “It’s a Small World After All” followed by a live, 15-minute booming drum and bass cadence used to drive a herd of students to their seats. Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Southeast Asia, Thailand, Travel by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
4 Comments | 20 February 2008
I was robbed.
It didn’t happen at a grungy guest house, in a crowded local market, or down a dark alleyway at night. It happened in Bangkok’s shiny new Suvarnabhumi Airport at a gate security checkpoint. Worse yet, the thief was a security employee. Continue Reading »
- Robbed! Sticky Fingers at Bangkok’s Suvarnabhumi Airport
- Robbed Redux: Sticky Fingers at Suvarnabhumi Airport, Part 2
- Avoiding Theft at Airport Security
Filed Under: Perspectives, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Travel by: Daniel Noll
27 Comments | 6 February 2008
Early on New Year’s Eve, before the festivities began, we dropped by a local cafe in order to perform our annual year-end ritual of reflection and looking forward. Although the specific exercises have evolved, the objective of our ritual remains the same – reflect on the past year and determine themes for the year ahead. Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Personal Growth, Southeast Asia, Thailand by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
3 Comments | 1 January 2008
This is great! I’m getting kisses from random gender benders.
– Audrey, on our 2008 New Year’s Eve night out in Bangkok.
Last night, we found ourselves welcoming in the New Year in true Bangkok style – with a band, a late night street food nosh, and a swamp of kisses from a horde of Bangkok’s third genders. Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Southeast Asia, Thailand, Travel, Videos by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
6 Comments | 1 January 2008
By way of a Buddhist festival that we stumbled upon here in Bangkok, we found some fitting wishes and words of wisdom for the new year. In the festival pamphlet, designed very much for locals with a nod to us non-Thai speakers, we discovered a list of wishes and matching offerings for each of the nine participating wats (temples). From this list, we inferred something rather noteworthy. Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Motley Mots, Perspectives, Southeast Asia, Thailand by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
2 Comments | 31 December 2007
That’s Christmas in Bangkok to you and me. Krung Thep (City of Angels) is the Thai name for Bangkok, Thailand – the location from which we happen to be writing this post.
We first imagined this post being entitled Wishing You a Very Chinese Christmas, but a quick decision five days ago altered our trajectory and landed us in sunny Bangkok instead. Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Motley Mots, Southeast Asia, Thailand, Travel by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
4 Comments | 25 December 2007
