Category Archives: Bangkok
Short Hops, Low Fares, Around Asia
TRAVEL DEALS – A long, long time ago — way back in the mid-1990s — when I was living in Southeast Asia, getting around the region was a frustrating process. If I wanted to visit Cambodia, I’d take a bus from wherever I happened to be — usually Bangkok or Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam [...]
In Laos and Vietnam, Tracing the Path of a Colonial Ancestor
THE spring water that drips from massive slabs of rock on a hillside in southern Laos, high above the flood plains of the Mekong River, is a rarity in Asia today, so pristine and welcoming that you don’t hesitate to cup your hands and gulp it down.
This was my accolade for the addled ascend up [...]