More than the Academy Award winning film that made it famous or the song I'm whistling right now, the River Kwai's real story lies in an immaculate cemetery built near its banks. The Kanchanaburi Cemetery contains the remains of 6,982 POWs who died building the Thailand-Burma Railway during World War II. In addition to them, [...]
I took three showers on my first day in Bangkok, and was politely invited to take a fourth. "Perhaps Madam would like to take a shower and rest up before dinner?" Madam did not. Too much to do, too much to see. We opted for a quick bite in the bistro instead, and then I [...]
My mom clutches her life philosophy firmly in a thickly stamped passport. "God made this world beautiful and we have an obligation to get out there and see it," she says. I heard her on the Orient Express as we chugged along an 884-mile stretch between Bangkok and Singapore. We returned last night from an [...]
As we have mentioned, January is not our favorite time of year. Mostly, the month leaves us wanting to take vacation. Often this is not possible. Then you have two choices: while away the winter waiting for a vacation to arrive on a silver platter, or make your own vacation. I recommend the latter (unless [...]