The rain, the rain and the slow boat

When traveling in low season, rain is part of the deal.
As I type this, I’m watching some German tourists trying to take a speedboat back to the mainland from Ko Mak and it’s going to rain.  I mean, 20 minutes ago it was bright sunshine, waters like the Mediterranean blue, and calm.  Now the winds [...]

Ko Chang to Ko Kud? Faith-traveling

Low season in a low-touristed area has been tough. Places open/close at odd times, services are limited to demand.
We’ve had a great time in Ko Chang, visiting a wonderful waterfall yesterday via motorbike. Rain comes and go, but we lounged poolside yesterday ready to escape indoors or have a coffee and read a [...]

On the road IT

What to take, what to take?  Four words: as little as possible.
Before leaving, I considered taking some sort of iPhone device–something that could be both computer with wi-fi, music storage, and photo machine–without carrying four devices weighing over 10 lbs.  Too much to ask?  Well, not to mention balancing it with 1) access, 2) power, [...]

On the road

These days, we’re kicking it summer-style in Ko Chang, and island off the southeastern coast of Thailand, around where it meets up with Cambodia. It’s pretty jungly here–lots of overgrowth, showers in the afternoon, and plenty of wildlife (snakes, monkeys, lizards, etc.) which you’d expect in a jungle. Still, we’re not roughing it [...]

Serious lack of Internet

Before travelling to Thailand, I asked my wife what it would be like not to have the Internet for a month.  I couldn’t find out if there were any wi-fi hotspots in her family’s part of town, and I knew that bringing a laptop would just be something extra to carry if there wasn’t.  I [...]