Float at the Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco. Photo from Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year and Parade Festival Facebook Page It’s one of the top 10 Chinese New Year parades in the world, the kids will love it! For my friend Ronnie Sharpe from Marinhood, the San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade is [...]
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Bang Krachao peninsula, known as Bangkok’s green lungs, is a welcome breathing escape from Bangkok only a 10-minute boat ride from the bustling Klong Toey dock area. Think 11,810 rai of protected mangroves and orchards in Samut Prakan province just across the river. How come the area is so pristine and undeveloped? Totally out of [...]
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The anticipation leading up to Songkran is much like Halloween’s. There’s something scary outside your door and you’ve got to gear up and fend for yourself. Songkran – the traditional Thai New Year – is a celebration of renewal, getting together and merit-making but it is popular for reasons not quite so lofty: getting doused [...]
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Went to see Siam Niramit in Bangkok tonight. It’s my third time. Second for my girls. Great and grand, as planned. Although I’ve seen it before, I still get a thrill from the majestic scenes and the guy diving in the stage-long canal. The sets and costumes designers did a beautiful job at illustrating Thailand’s [...]
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Curious to know how and where things grew next to Phnom Penh in Cambodia, I went with my girls and my dad to the rural village of Kadai Kanda, subdistrict of Sarika Keo on the Mekong River. April is in full dry season and the fields we visited are usually under water in November. We [...]
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