Six useful travel phrases
It's always helpful to have some useful phrases down pat when you're traveling. When people ask me how many languages I speak, I usually 'fess up to "market language" in a number of languages. This usually involves [...]
Six tips for surviving Lao bathrooms
If you’ve read my mom’s piece on the toilet at the Green Latrine, you’ll know that Lao bathrooms can be, um, challenging. Note: I’m not really speaking to the men, here. I'll use whichever toilet is most expedient—men, [...]
Four weather survival tips for Southeast Asia
How do you say “Holy crap, it’s hot out!” in Lao? So! New Orleans summers too warm for you? Think DC is nothing but a hot-air swamp? Find Minnesota summers insufferable? Heh! Welcome to Southeast Asia. [...]
Lao kindness
I’ve traveled a lot. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know I’ve said that before, but to be clear: I’ve lived in a lot of places. So I’ve had the good fortune to get to know at least a [...]
A $50 pair of socks?!
Your first thought on seeing this post is probably: Really? The first photo she posts from this magnificent journey into her Southeast Asian past is a pair of freaking SOCKS?! To which I must respond: [...]