Family Reunion

Suits and Aprons and Orchids -Oh My!

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December 14th 2006
I woke up after my nightmarish ride north from Malaysia on Kho San road, just north of Bangkok's Chinatown. We checked into our cheap Israeli hostel and completed various big city errands. After a good solid night of catching up on sleep my brother and I headed out to the airport to pick up our mother. Through some manner of devious misfortune, my dear mom somehow voided her 53 year run of livi ... read more

Asia » Thailand » North-West Thailand » Chiang Mai

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A unified Thai kingdom was established in the mid-14th century. Known as Siam until 1939, Thailand is the only Southeast Asian country never to have been taken over by a European power. A bloodless revolution in 1932 led to a constitutional monarchy.... ... read more