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Ouch. Feet are important for vagabonding. Lieutenant Dan’s famous advice from Forrest Gump of “take care of your feet” rang through my head about the time I stepped on the rusty nail in Pai. Rather than step on the sharp point as I would have...Driving Motorbike From Chiang Mai to Pai
First, I apologize for writing retroactively, but such is the life of someone with too many irons in the fire. Walking home from lunch in Chiang Mai I saw a sign for motocycle rental: rent for two days and get one free. I knew what I had to do. Back in 2006, I sat on...Flaming Elephants at Yee Peng in Chiang Mai
People periodically ask me why I love Thailand so much. Other than my usual Je ne sais quoi response, I always tell people that Thailand is tantalizingly unpredictable. Rather than be a good blogger and tell you retroactively about how fascinating the week-long Yee...My Chiang Mai Living Expenses in 2010
Thailand didn’t exactly welcome me home from Vietnam with open arms. When I left here in October, I never expected that I was leaving before someone opened the floodgates to the busy season. Dragging through Bangkok after midnight on a weekend, it took me nearly...