Adventures in Traveling the World
“Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.” Mark Twain
We take a small local bus to Krabi Town Bus Station to buy our ticket (180baht/$5.50) to Phuket, Thailand. Phuket is a three-hour drive from Krabi. It is west of Krabi but we have to go north before we head west then south to the middle of the western Malaysian peninsula. Our bus to Phuket is an enormous, air-conditioned transportation bus and our backpacks...
If it’s going to rain, today is the day because we’re going on a 3 ½ hour kayak trip through a mangrove forest near Krabi, Thailand. I added a video, “Kayaking in Krabi Mangrove Forest with Monkeys” by Mantas Jarusevicius to give you a sense of “being there”. For me watching the video brought instant memories but in my journal was a very different...
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...