Museum

Luang Prabang à la Noy

December 15, 2024December 15, 2024 Ellen 2 Comments Laos, Learning, Market, Museum, Point of Interest

We had such good luck with Noy on our waterfall quest, that we decided to use him again for a tour of the sights of Luang Prabang. Noy grew up in the country on a farm. His mother passed when he was quite young. His dad moved to Vientianne. When he passed, Noy was on […]

The Golden Triangle

December 12, 2024December 11, 2024 Steve 2 Comments Laos, Market, Museum, Myanmar, Point of Interest, Sunset, Thailand

The Golden Triangle is only an hour and a half away from Chang Rai. We took off in search of coffee for the way out. Stopped at an Amazon. No relationship to the Amazon we know so well, but very common in Thailand. We were told that the Golden Triangle is more or less a […]

Dark House

December 7, 2024December 7, 2024 Ellen Leave a comment Museum, Point of Interest, Thailand

Colloquially known as the Black Temple, today we headed out to the Baan Dam (translates to “Dark House”) museum. This is another “temple” from the imagination of a Chang Rai artist, in this case, a private art museum comprising a mixture of traditional northern Thai buildings with unconventional and contemporary architecture, designed by Thawan Duchanee. […]

Tuesday with Peter and Lek

November 24, 2024November 24, 2024 Ellen 1 Comment Food, Museum, Point of Interest, Thailand, The Arts

Our first full day with Peter and Lek at their wonderful home in Chang Rai. After a cold shower, (the water heater was just going in), we started the day with coffee on the veranda. Actually, this is where we have all of our meals. We’ll cover this in another future blog. Do Home They […]

Ayudhaya

November 21, 2024November 21, 2024 Steve 3 Comments Museum, Point of Interest, Thailand, The Arts

A fresh reminder. This email notifies you that there is a new post. If you’d like to view the actual post on the blog, click on the “Read on blog” link as highlighted in red below. This will be the last post from Bangkok and Environs. Monday we fly to Chang Rai. The whole family, […]

Jim Thompson House

November 20, 2024November 20, 2024 Steve Museum, Point of Interest, Thailand

From the handout we received when we bought our tickets: You are now in the Thai home of Jim Thompson, an American who was born in Greenville, Delaware, in 1906. A practicing architect prior to World War II, he volunteered for service in the U.S. Army, campaigned in Europe and was later sent to Asia. […]