It’s cool in the lounge where Daniel (my friend who has flown to Bali to meet me for the weekend) and I sit, awaiting our keys to our suite at the Grand Mirage Resort. “Would you like a drink?” Asks one of the hotel’s staff, clad in a skirt, button-up shirt and heels. “We haveContinue reading “Blissing out at Bali’s Grand Mirage Resort”
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Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai: the day trip
The early morning rays of the sun are barely creeping through my apartment window when my alarm buzzes. Time to get up. It’s a Saturday, and I am awake at 6 a.m. for a good reason: I am going on my first journey outside of Chiang Mai. Today, I’m hopping into a Top North minivanContinue reading “Chiang Mai to Chiang Rai: the day trip”
Daily Wanderlust: Bath time at Elephant Nature Park
Since I now am an expat in Thailand, spending my days helping Save Elephant Foundation (which includes a healthy mix of visiting it’s flagship project, Elephant Nature Park), I have oh-so many photos of life here. Namely, life with elephants. Let’s face it, I could take photos of tuk tuks, views from my apartment andContinue reading “Daily Wanderlust: Bath time at Elephant Nature Park”
Daily Wanderlust: Morning glow at Elephant Nature Park
One of the best things about my expat life in Thailand is working for Save Elephant Foundation, which supports my most favorite place in the world, Elephant Nature Park. A perk of my gig is that I get to head the 60 km north once a week or so to take photos, meet reporters andContinue reading “Daily Wanderlust: Morning glow at Elephant Nature Park”
Daily Wanderlust: the coolest tuk tuk in Chiang Mai
I’d seen it before — this tricked out, pimped out tuk tuk — cruising along the moat road in Chiang Mai. “I have to get a ride in that!” I said to my friend as it motored by. Three weeks later, as I walk with people out of my favorite restaurant at Thae Pae Gate,Continue reading “Daily Wanderlust: the coolest tuk tuk in Chiang Mai”
My dirty little expat confession
For two weeks, I am in Thailand Expat Bliss. I wake up when it gets light (because for the first two weeks in Chiang Mai the sun refuses to glow) with a huge smile on my face. The smile never leaves. I walk to work like a child seeing the world for the first time. HugeContinue reading “My dirty little expat confession”
Daily Wanderlust: Hauling goods in Chiang Mai
In many ways, life in Chiang Mai is far simpler than in America. For example, I don’t have a car here. I walk nearly everywhere. And, so do others. On the way home from a day spend at Save Elephant Foundation, I came across this man who was hauling a cart full of wooden chairsContinue reading “Daily Wanderlust: Hauling goods in Chiang Mai”
Back to the elephants
I can hardly sleep, even in my new apartment in Chiang Mai. My heart races and when I close my eyes, images of elephants dance under my lids. I am going back to Save Elephant Foundation’s Elephant Nature Park. Back to where it all started a year ago. Funny how much can change in aContinue reading “Back to the elephants”
The ease of the Chiang Mai apartment search
When I arrive to Chiang Mai, I am handed a bronze keyring of the Eiffel Tower. I roll it around in my hands as we head from the airport to my new home. I have an apartment and I haven’t even had to look. I don’t know what I am expecting. I have many friendsContinue reading “The ease of the Chiang Mai apartment search”
How Mr. Lucky got lucky
I have a bleeding heart. If you know me, you know this. And, on my third day in Chiang Mai, this bleeding little heart is tested. “Hi,” a couple says, walking up quietly to the large crop of desks inside the Elephant Nature Park office. “We found a kitten and wanted to let you knowContinue reading “How Mr. Lucky got lucky”
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