This weeks segment of Travel Pinspiration follows the theme of “Thai Food Dishes”. Travel Pinspiration is when we share amazing photos via our Pinterest boards to give you inspiration to go travel. Our motto is “Travel more. Create better memories” and one of the best ways to inspire more travel (and this week to make [...]

I’m not sure why sometimes it takes me so long to write about certain places I have been to. Over a year ago I visited Baan Huay Kee Lek, an ethnic Akha village perched on the top of a mountain in the Chiang Rai province of Thailand. I knew as soon as we drove up [...]

credit: Amateur Traveler Welcome to this weekends Sunday Spotlight – Things to Do in Istanbul Every Sunday we shine the spotlight on a different city by sharing travel tips and stories written by other bloggers around the web. We hope these blog posts will inform and inspire you to go travel and take that trip [...]

Eating Thai street food is one of our favourite things to do in Bangkok. It’s hard not to find a street corner with a row of carts lined up dishing up meals like noodle soup, BBQ pork, fish cakes and delicious curries. Is your mouth watering as much as mine? The good news is that [...]

I love Asian food, especially Thai, but when it comes to cooking it in my own home, I’m often left confused. Mostly by the ingredients. Why kaffir lime, won’t normal lime do? Egg noodles or rice noodles? What sort of eggplant? And what are these peas in the curry? After a morning spent at a [...]

Bangkok is one chaotic mess. It never sleeps, its energy hits you in the face and the madness grows on you over time, and we’ve come to love it. Having lived in Bangkok for six months Teaching English back in 2003 we sometimes struggled with the intensity. Everywhere you turn in Bangkok there is blocked [...]

The smell of incense and jasmine waft up my nostrils as soon as we enter the markets. It’s pretty and calming, much like this side of the canal where there are only a handful of craft stalls. Over the bridge is where we most want to go, the smell of roasting BBQ pork guides us [...]

Craig and I were contemplating a possible year long adventure through South East Asia. It’s our favourite region, brings much cheaper travel, and we thought it would be a good base to travel slowly so we could work on our business at the same time. After our two week trip to Thailand we have almost [...]

If you are travelling to Thailand with a baby you are going to get a lot of attention. If your baby has blond hair and blue eyes, and to the local Asian population, looks like an angel, you will be swamped. I say Asians, and not just Thai, as Japanese, Chinese and Koreans also took [...]

I spied the sarongs waving in the breeze on the crest of the sand hill. Self-conscious of my thighs on display in my bikini on the beach I walked into the makeshift stall. The shop owner stood up from her stool and greeted me with a broad smile, “Sawadee Ka” “Sabadee mai?” I asked her [...]