Mad about Mandalay
Sorry folks, he was never even here. Yes, I mean Kipling. The man that made us crazy about this place – the road to Mandalay. The story of sailors on the steamboats on the 700 kiolmeter long ride on the Irrawaddy. Kipling wrote about Mandalay and a pagoda, but the pagoda was in the … Read more
Thailand and its love of elephants
Right, in Thailand its not only elephant day. It is NATIONAL elephant day. In Chiang Mais Mae Rim district, more precisely Mae Sa elephant camp, the love for elephants are shown by the feeding of no less than 70 chuaks เชือก (a special title in Thai for showing respect for elephants) an annual buffet at … Read more
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Bagan – The new Angkor Wat of South East Asia Yes I know, Burma’s Bagan is not new. Neither are any of the pagodas in Bagan anywhere near Angkor Wat in size. The headline is simply referring to an imaginary headline that I can imagine the travel magazines might use to describe this place in a … Read more
The story of Thai toilet culture – the follow up
Do you remember our blog post with amazing toilet signs. Well, we have collected some additional signs in an unusual postcard from Thailand.
