Would you believe me if I told you that there was a restaurant centered around condoms? Now, if I told you that restaurant was in Bangkok, Thailand, you’d probably get all these awful images in your head, right? But this celebrated restaurant isn’t part of the city’s famed seedy underbelly. In fact it’s a classy touristy […]
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Say What?? Travel Photo: Title
Bangkok is a city of many food courts. But it’s not quite the type of food court you like to think of. You see, the Thai version of a food court involves booths that only make one or two unique items. Often times, these will have a central cashier somewhere. That’s not to say that […]
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Say What?? Travel Photo: Choose 4
See that picture up there? Look closely and it just screams tourist attraction. Now, would you believe that grandiose scene is in Bangkok, Thailand? After all, that big lit up sign is only in English… This is Bangkok’s rather enormous (and touristy) Suan Lum Night Bazaar. No, you won’t find too many crafts here, but […]
Buddhist temples, much like all religious structures, have a certain code of etiquette attached to them, the most important of which deal with ones feet. Often times, it can be difficult for western visitors to know these rules, so someone in the dzong (former fortress now serving as a temple and civic center) in Punakha, […]
Greetings from 35,000 feet. As I sit here enjoying the free WiFi on Virgin America (thanks to Google Chrome) I knew just the picture I had to feature today! I took one flight within China and it was from Kunming to Shanghai on Shanghai Airlines. Much like any airlines outside the U.S., we were provided […]
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Say What?? Travel Photo: Closed
Throughout Southeast Asia there is one ubiquitous sign that can be spotted nearly everywhere: No, not “Lao Food” (though this photo is from the Lao capital of Vientiane). “Close.” That’s not to say that you are close to the restaurant. No, no. The restaurant is Closed. This can’t solely be blamed on some translation faux […]
It’s Black Friday here in the U.S., the single biggest shopping day of the year. It is so named because it’s the day retailers turn a profit (moving into the black, as in a positive cash flow), usually caused by their deep, deep discounts on products to urge consumers to buy! But in “red” China, […]
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Say What?? Travel Photo: Garden
See this sunset? It is by far one of the most lasting images from my time at Laos‘ simply divine Si Phan Don or 4,000 Islands. From spending the day lounging around in a hammock on the Mekong River to renting a bicycle for some exploring, life at the bottom of Laos is just incredibly […]