Month: January 2016
Updated on February 1, 2016
Touching History in Cambodia
The temple sandstone retains the sun’s heat, so as we sit here in the late afternoon, lengthening shadows against the many faceted turrets of the Bayon — the magnificent center of the Angkor ancient kingdom — I can …
Posted on January 28, 2016
Ziplining Through the Jungle
We bumped along a dusty road in a car outfitted with lots of ropes and pulleys. My brother was carsick as usual, but I was excited. We were on our way to zipline, deep in the forest outside of Chiang …
Posted on January 22, 2016
Care for Injured Elephants
We woke up early and jumped in a van in front of our guesthouse in Chiang Mai. We were going to see the elephants! Elephant Nature Park is a place where they save hurt elephants and elephants that have been mistreated. It was started …
Updated on January 31, 2016
The Making of Global Citizens
We’d been exploring central and northern Thailand for sixteen days already. Jet lag was a (relatively) distant memory. We’d searched out hidden temples, secret beaches, bustling markets. We’d been conveyed by transportation modes the boys had never even …
Updated on January 17, 2016
Connections in Chiang Mai
Sitting in the dining car of the night train to Chiang Mai, warm night air in our faces as the lights of Northern Thai towns raced past us, I whispered to Miles, “This part. I want to remember …
Updated on January 21, 2016
Happiness
Happiness, something as hard to chase as the sun, yet so close you can reach out and grab it. It all started with an Uber car picking us up in Berkeley with all our bags, heavy and laden with …
Updated on January 6, 2016
Sand Crabs on the Beach
Today I went exploring on the beaches of Koh Samet, an island in Thailand a few hours from Bangkok. As I was walking along, I saw these little holes in the ground and I wasn’t sure what …
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