July 14, 2005
What Is A Farang?
Or what does "farang" mean to the Thai people. It has been said that the word derives from the French. It is also the Thai word for guava so you...Read this update
November 14, 2004
Tai Shan Sacred Mountain
Located midway between Beijing and Shanghai, "Tai Shan" is probably the most famous of the five sacred mountains of China. According to legend Tai Shan represents the head of...Read this update
December 28, 2002
Bob's Thai Village Visit
While Jana and I were playing with Chinese teenagers in Ruili in the south of Yunnan, Bob spent some time in an ethnic village in the mountains in Issan Province...Read this update
December 18, 2002
Big Noses In The Back Again!
Bus to Dali As we pulled ourselves up into the luxury express bus we felt that we were living large...we wouldn't have local color but we would have comfort...Read this update
August 28, 2002
Taunggyi...Last Frontier
At dinner one night in Inle, Bob was considering taking the offer of the waiter to lead him on a trek into the mountains until he told us that...Read this update
May 17, 2002
Muzungu At The Malawi Border
We stop at a small town for supplies and “toilet stop” near the Malawi border and to spend the rest of our Tanzania shillings...scores of young boys in dirty...Read this update