Category - Travel

Went to see a movie last night at the Siam Paragon cinemas -- and that was an experience in itself. The Paragon complex incorporates about a bazillion screens (well, seventeen), all loosely organized around a glitzy, high-tech hub of a box office...

Battery low, so I'll be brief: there are tons of new photos of the Golden Triangle and Northern Thailand, posted just for you. Think of 'em as postcards from Thailand. Enjoy!

 This time of year — the dry season — the northern Thai landscape is awash with color: dusty greenery, monster azaleas, wild poinsettias, and willowy vines flocked with fiery orange blossoms. While driving through the countryside, you’ll also...

We are in the elevator at the President Palace Hotel, headed down for dinner.The lift stops on the 8th floor. The doors open, and a a young woman — clearly a prostitute — joins us. She checks her look in the elevator’s mirrored walls. She is wearing...

In Chiang Rai with an Internet Originally uploaded by MadeByMarkWe have no Internet in Our Chiang Rai hotel, so updates aretemporarily on hold.In lieu of today's detailed entry, I offer you this happy KFC fish,who is kept afloat, apparently, by...

Volcano Shrimp Originally uploaded by MadeByMark(See also: Today in Pictures on Flickr)After a morning at the Floating Market in Ratchaburi province, Bobby delights us with a trip to meet his mother in a nearby town. His mother runs a small grocery ...

Crazy Busy at Silom Festival Originally uploaded by MadeByMark(In a hurry? Not into details? Have a look at a few pics from the day.)Today -- Sunday, here -- we get up early, have breakfast in the Club Lounge, and scoot over to the 7-11 to pick up a...

We arrive in Bangkok at midnight local time. The airport is, as always, crazy-busy, with people streaming in all directions. We make record time through customs. Along the way, it occurs to me that, of all the times we've been to Bangkok...

We've done the fourteen-hour flight from Detroit to Narita at least 8 times over the past several years. Because I don't sleep on planes -- the shifting light, the murmur of other passengers, and the roar of the engines shatter all my feeble...

MadeByMarkers have been asking to see more photos from Barcelona (specifically, photos with "some people in 'em"), so here's a link to more Barcelona photos than you can shake a stick at.Seen as a photo essay, this collection is an...