• According to Wikipedia, a soi is Thai for a side-street branching off a major street.  Bangkok is a labrynth of sois. We, for example,  live on [...]

  Soi-chitecture

  March 29, 2010
• So yeah, we still feel like we are in the Matrix sometimes.  Like this isn’t really our life and that we’ll emerge from it somehow, [...]

  WanderWorld i.e. the Matrix

  March 29, 2010
• WPapa just called me in to hear WGirl say “Ja Hochu Vodit Avtobus!”.  It’s from “Don’t Let the Pigeon Drive the [...]

  WanderGirl is growing up

  March 29, 2010
• Sitting on mama’s new pillows. In a crown and high heels.  Thats it. Sassafras that one. Brother and sister scheming. In crowns. Tub [...]

  Kid Pics

  March 17, 2010

• The opposition protesters have dominated life in Bangkok since the weekend.  Much to my annoyance, WBoys very pricey school has been shuttered [...]

  Red Shirts

  March 17, 2010
• WanderBoy has taken to tipping his baseball cap as a greeting.  Like an Englishman or something.  I am serious.  It’s the funniest [...]

  Hats off to WBoy

  March 14, 2010
• 1.  Sewage. The stench often greets you when you open your door in the morning, follows you as you walk by actual open sewers, and can even [...]

  Things about Bangkok that I’ve forgotten to mention

  March 14, 2010
• I got a job!  Seems like a good one –a  good fit for me.  I will initially be doing corporate English training — going to [...]

  Bringing home the bacon!

  March 12, 2010

• There is a palpable tension on the streets of Bangkok.  (And it’s not just because I have a second interview tomorrow).  The Red Shirts, [...]

  Tension (not only pollution) in the Air

  March 11, 2010
• I just visited the Damnoen Saduak Floating Market, situated 110 kms west of Bangkok, and in a word:  it sucked.  I am sorry, it was horrible. [...]

  Bangkok Travel: Skip the Floating Market

  March 10, 2010