Last updated Mar 3, 2019 | First published on Dec 7, 2008 | Portland
Amanda will verify: Thai people like waterfalls. The only thing they like better than waterfalls is taking farang guests to see their waterfalls, which are sometimes no more than a dried-up trickle. When trying to figure out something interesting to do outside of the...
Last updated Nov 15, 2018 | First published on Oct 25, 2007 | China
I beat feet out of crowded Lijiang and into the quiet and sprawling Black Dragon Pool park. They wanted a whopping 60 yuan to enter — Chinese entrance prices for foreigners are astounding — but I used a trick a Dutch couple here shared with me. I threw my...
Last updated Nov 16, 2018 | First published on Oct 15, 2007 | China
I bounced around a muddy corner on my mountain bike and nearly ran into the side of a water buffalo. The stupid thing barely looked up and just went back to its never-ending chewing. After breakfast, I hired a bike for US $1 and decided to go find an adventure like...
Last updated Oct 31, 2018 | First published on Aug 7, 2007 | Alaska
We rolled into Talkeetna, Alaska, in the evening, just as shadows were starting to become a little longer and the sun was getting a little lazier. Being a proper road trip, we did not have a place to stay yet, which made dad a little more nervous than me probably....
Last updated Nov 12, 2018 | First published on Mar 3, 2006 | First Trip
I went to a small beach party last night until about 03:00am. Was up at 07:30 this morning for my first Thai horse experience. The party was chill, hung out all night with friendly people from Zurich, Switzerland and of course Germany. I was the only one riding this...
