Adventures in Traveling the World
Ingredients 100 g Seafood, 3 large prawns, deveined 1 Lemon grass, slice on angle 3 cm Galanga, similar to ginger and turmeric 2 Kaffir lime leaves, tear out center stem 1 Shallot peel and smash 1 Chili, small, slice longwise 1=mild, 2=medium, 3/5=spicy 3 Straw mushrooms, cut in pieces Tomato, ½ cut into four long slices 1 Spring onion, cut into 1” pieces 2...
Ingredients 200 g Rice noodles, cover with water and soak for two hours 100 g Bean sprouts, 1 handful per person ½ Tofu, extra firm, cut lengthwise into 3” strips and cut into 1 ¼ “cubes Chicken, uncooked and cubed 50 g Cabbage, ¾ cup sliced thin 2 Spring onions, Green onion cut into 1’ slices 2 Garlic cloves, peel, slice into thin slices...
We’re on the road early this morning to go to our next home-away-from-home in Ao Nang, a resort town on the Andaman coast. We’ll travel on a songthaew, a passenger vehicle created from a larger truck or pick-up. Just climb in the back with your bags and wait until it’s full. It’s about a 40-minute ride to Ao Nang. Our room at P.K. Mansion...
On Wednesday, August 20 we catch a bus to Rantau Panjang, a Malaysian town and major foot border crossing to Thailand. Our bus is fully air-conditioned and gives us much relief on this sunny, 90+ degree day. We arrive Rantau Panjang and walk to the border at 10:30 am and by 11:30 am with paperwork completed we’re walking into Sungai Golok, Thailand. Our first...
It’s time to pack our backpacks and go to Thailand. Andy goes for one more swim, before we embark our 11 am water taxi to sadly leave the beautiful Pulau Perhentian Island. Our small boat delivers us to a 32-passenger boat that takes us to Kuala Besut jetty where we were, just four days ago. Andy is always figuring out what’s next and I...