Monthly Archives: March 2012

Another milestone! As of March 29, 2012, we’ve been on the road for seven months. We celebrated this auspicious occasion (while Ken recovered from a bout of food poisoning in India), by taking the plunge: we booked our flights back to Milwaukee for our … Continue reading →

In Bangkok, a simple moment of joy.

uh-YOO-tuh-YAH. That’s how you say it. Scores of minivans are parked around Bangkok’s Victory Monument, and I’m trying to find the one going there. It doesn’t help that I’m saying EYE-yoo-TIE-yah. I get more confused stares than usual, until someone … Continue reading →

I knew I didn’t want to ride an elephant. We saw that mess near Angkor Wat in Cambodia. Tourists, sometimes 3-4 people at a time, sitting on a chair, perched on top of an elephant’s back, being lumbered about a … Continue reading →

All right, I’ll admit it. The only reason that Kanchanaburi, Thailand was on our radar was because of a movie, Bridge on the River Kwai. Just the famous name of the movie, actually, since we’ve never seen the film. But … Continue reading →

I wanted to love Bangkok. I wanted to marvel at an ancient city wrapped in a modern city- historic temples with a monorail cruising by. The only thing keeping me from loving Bangkok was… Bangkok. (I’m resisting the urge to … Continue reading →

We’re making a run for the border! Well, how about a slow walk…

Karen’s thoughts upon leaving Cambodia: Cambodia was the first country where we embraced the language. While we did not get too far, here is what we learned. 1 through 10: mouy, pee, bey, bourn, pram, pram mouy, pram pee, pram … Continue reading →

It’s funny how quickly I got used to the tangle of traffic in Cambodia (just keep walking/driving forward purposefully and you won’t get killed). But I never stopped marveling at the motorbikes. At first, I raised an eyebrow when I saw … Continue reading →