when i travel, i like to read novels set in that country or region, preferably ones written by locals. it’s my way of learning local history, customs, nuances as told by those who live it. i looked all over for thailand reading recommendations, but surprisingly, i found very few. maybe i just […]
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thailand books
July 8th, 2007 · 1 Comment
Tags: Books · Paige · Reviews · Thailand
malaria kills
July 3rd, 2007 · 1 Comment
…but malaria didn’t kill me. after a year of living in the world’s malaria epicenter (a.k.a. sub-saharan africa), i finally got malaria. the catch is i had to go to thailand to get it. i went to bed late friday night with a fever and complaining that my whole body hurt. […]
Tags: Global-health · Paige · Thailand · Uganda
year one x2
June 27th, 2007 · No Comments
we did something crazy last year this time. we got married then 3 weeks later we moved to africa. supposedly the “big” events in adult life are marriage, moving, starting a new job, and going back to school. we did 3 out of 4 in less than a month. all worked out great, though, and […]
Tags: Paige · Thailand · Tourism · Uganda
nangyuan island
June 24th, 2007 · 1 Comment
i can’t remember exactly where our friends A&G went for their honeymoon, but i do know that it was a tropical island where they planned to snorkel and swim in the clear blue ocean and enjoy the sunshine on white sand beaches. as it turns out, they had maybe one day of sunshine their […]
Tags: Paige · Thailand · Tourism
thailand play-by-play
June 17th, 2007 · No Comments
we got back from thailand a week ago and i’m working to get all of our travel stories onto the blog. i was out in the field (ssembabule) last week and as is always the case when i’m there i was super motivated to write, so i’ve caught up some on the thailand writing. […]
20 hours in bangkok
June 17th, 2007 · No Comments
we spent two days in bangkok. the first day was a travel day between chiang mai and surat thani (8 hours in bangkok on flight layover), the second day was a travel day from nangyuan island en route to kampala (12 hours in bangkok between train arrival and flight departure).
air travel within thailand is […]
Tags: Paige · Thailand · Tourism
elephant nature park in n. thailand
June 17th, 2007 · 2 Comments
thailand is famous for its elephants; elephants are a center of national identity (a white elephant was on the thai flag until the late 1910s) and a main draw for tourists. we chose to go to thailand because that was the lonely planet available at the bookstore and because we wanted to see the […]
Tags: Paige · Thailand · Tourism
chiang mai
May 30th, 2007 · 1 Comment
we’re in thailand, not uganda. did you know that? it’s obvious to us with the 16+ hour travel, 4 hour time difference, and smoothly paved roads with stoplights. sorry to the respective anderson and bowen fams for not posting sooner so you knew we were safe and sound…
we flew entebbe to addis […]