Another picture from the trip I took back in January: I spent a day walking through the jungle with elephants at Mandalao in Laos and it was pretty neat.
November 15, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Another picture from the trip I took back in January: I spent a day walking through the jungle with elephants at Mandalao in Laos and it was pretty neat.
Wow I really just stopped posting here in the middle of a trip. This is the view from the top of Phou Si in Luang Prabang, Laos. If you visit, there's a nightly performance of folk tales in English called "Garavek" and one of them tells the origin of this hill, based on a story from the Ramayana.
November 14, 2025 at 9:04 PM
Wow I really just stopped posting here in the middle of a trip. This is the view from the top of Phou Si in Luang Prabang, Laos. If you visit, there's a nightly performance of folk tales in English called "Garavek" and one of them tells the origin of this hill, based on a story from the Ramayana.
The Pak Ou caves, in cliffs along the Mekong river north of Luang Prabang, have hundreds of Buddhas in them.
January 30, 2025 at 6:47 AM
The Pak Ou caves, in cliffs along the Mekong river north of Luang Prabang, have hundreds of Buddhas in them.
Luang Prabang, Laos is really lovely. This is its night market.
January 30, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Luang Prabang, Laos is really lovely. This is its night market.
These are some of my favorite spirit houses in Thailand. I thought the two minimalist/modern ones on the left were neat, and the one in the middle that looks like a teak house.
January 30, 2025 at 6:32 AM
These are some of my favorite spirit houses in Thailand. I thought the two minimalist/modern ones on the left were neat, and the one in the middle that looks like a teak house.
Nagas guard most of the staircases at temples here. These impressive ones are at Wat Chiang Man in Chiang Mai.
January 28, 2025 at 1:31 AM
Nagas guard most of the staircases at temples here. These impressive ones are at Wat Chiang Man in Chiang Mai.
Geoff and I took a Northern Thai cooking class from Benny's Home Cooking.
We learned to make a soup called Khanom Jeen Nam Ngiaw, Khao Soi, Sai Ua (Chiang Mai Sausage), and Larb. This class was a delight! Benny is a wonderful teacher and our food was plated prettily on a traditional khantoke tray.
We learned to make a soup called Khanom Jeen Nam Ngiaw, Khao Soi, Sai Ua (Chiang Mai Sausage), and Larb. This class was a delight! Benny is a wonderful teacher and our food was plated prettily on a traditional khantoke tray.
January 26, 2025 at 9:25 AM
Geoff and I took a Northern Thai cooking class from Benny's Home Cooking.
We learned to make a soup called Khanom Jeen Nam Ngiaw, Khao Soi, Sai Ua (Chiang Mai Sausage), and Larb. This class was a delight! Benny is a wonderful teacher and our food was plated prettily on a traditional khantoke tray.
We learned to make a soup called Khanom Jeen Nam Ngiaw, Khao Soi, Sai Ua (Chiang Mai Sausage), and Larb. This class was a delight! Benny is a wonderful teacher and our food was plated prettily on a traditional khantoke tray.
Doi Suthep is a mountain next to Chiang Mai city with a temple on top. This trip is the first one I've had metallic gold in my watercolor palette and I'm using it a lot with all the temples.
January 25, 2025 at 12:39 PM
Doi Suthep is a mountain next to Chiang Mai city with a temple on top. This trip is the first one I've had metallic gold in my watercolor palette and I'm using it a lot with all the temples.
This is Warorot Market in Chiang Mai's Chinatown, looking down from the third level. You can get pretty much anything you want here, including packaged food and a food court.
January 24, 2025 at 10:45 AM
This is Warorot Market in Chiang Mai's Chinatown, looking down from the third level. You can get pretty much anything you want here, including packaged food and a food court.
I drew this on the train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai.
January 23, 2025 at 1:46 PM
I drew this on the train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai.
This spirit house in Talat Noi, a fun neighborhood adjacent to Chinatown, keeps the spirits happy so they don't bother people and so they keep the bad spirits away.
January 22, 2025 at 1:17 AM
This spirit house in Talat Noi, a fun neighborhood adjacent to Chinatown, keeps the spirits happy so they don't bother people and so they keep the bad spirits away.
In Bangkok, I got on a longboat for a “very special price” 🤫😆 and visited narrow canals lined with temples, houses, fishermen, monitors, and egrets. This enormous Buddha was finished in 2021 and is being renovated. I can only imagine what it looks like towering in gold over the small canal houses.
January 21, 2025 at 12:12 AM
In Bangkok, I got on a longboat for a “very special price” 🤫😆 and visited narrow canals lined with temples, houses, fishermen, monitors, and egrets. This enormous Buddha was finished in 2021 and is being renovated. I can only imagine what it looks like towering in gold over the small canal houses.
I spent about 18 hours in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on the way to Thailand. It happened to be Timkat, the Ethiopian Epiphany, and there were lots of people setting things up for processions. This is the Holy Trinity Cathedral.
January 20, 2025 at 12:55 AM
I spent about 18 hours in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on the way to Thailand. It happened to be Timkat, the Ethiopian Epiphany, and there were lots of people setting things up for processions. This is the Holy Trinity Cathedral.