Stepping off the tourist bus in any of the tourist-laden towns in Thailand is like covering your arm in syrup and entering a bees nest. The tourist agencies flock to farangs (foreigners) that have just stepped off the bus or boat offering to sell reservations, transport, and tours for the next leg of your journey. [...]

  We haven’t written in a few weeks, but we’re still here.. in fact we’re in what might be our favorite country thus far! Taking trains through Singapore and Malaysia (stories for future posts) we arrived in Southern Thailand. Three days in Ko Phi Phi Don (where the 2000 film “The Beach” was shot) allowed [...]