Today was filled with excellent surprises and luxurious relaxation. We started off with our final massages at our nearby shopping mall spa and said our goodbyes to our truly fantastic therapists. We know we’ve been beyond spoiled for the last several days getting these amazing massages for six bucks an hour. It makes you want … Continue reading
Day 74 – I would wok 500 miles Today was all about pleasure and adventure and boy did they come together nicely. Chiang Mai is known for many foods, but among the most highly regarded of its creations is khao soi. Khao Soi (the name means cut rice in Thai) is a hybrid between a … Continue reading
Today we woke up and split up. But only briefly! I took off at 8:45 am for a cooking lesson at the Basil Cookery School while Batya spent the morning at a two-hour yoga class. The cooking lesson is designed to be for up to seven people, but on this day it turns out I … Continue reading
Good evening from Chiang Mai, Today we soared through the jungle with the greatest of ease, made new friends and conquered our fears (not that we had any…). Our morning began before the sun rose with a Batya going for a run through the sleepy streets of Chiang Mai and Marc dining solo at a … Continue reading
Good evening from Chiang Mai, Our first full day in this intriguing walled city in northern Thailand was relaxing, rejuvenating and itchy (for one of us). Our morning began with Batya trying out a local yoga studio while I went out for breakfast. On my way I passed through an open air market selling beautiful fresh … Continue reading
Good evening from Chang Mai, Today was mostly a travel day, but it would up with a spectacular finish. We started off our morning with a most interesting cab ride from the Smart Hotel in Mandalay to their airport. Along the way we witnessed at least a dozen caravans of trucks carrying hordes of young … Continue reading
Greetings from Mandalay, Our hectic and interesting day in Burma’s second largest city began with an early morning flight from Bagan to Mandalay. As with previous intra-Burma air travel, air time was less than fifteen minutes, yet we were served food and beverage and felt pampered during the short jaunt. We convinced two German girls … Continue reading
Good evening from Bagan, Today felt like it began yesterday as Erin, Emily, Nicole and I woke at 4:30 A.M. to grab a pre-ordered cab, ensuring we had a perfect spot for taking in the sunrise over Bagan’s otherworldly landscape. We weren’t the first to arrive at Dahmmayan Gyi Phaya, but we were definitely in the … Continue reading
Good evening from Bagan, After another sad breakfast at Kumudara hotel we rented the hotel’s bikes and began biking the 21 mile loop from New Bagan to the airport to Nyaung U to Old Bagan and back to New Bagan. On the east side of the main temple cluster there was far less traffic than … Continue reading
Good evening from Bagan, Today we explored one of the most magical, interesting towns in the world and got a lot of exercise doing so. After a seriously sub-par breakfast at the Kumudara hotel (though they had lots of fresh fruit for Batya) we rented bikes via the hotel (remember that on our trip so … Continue reading
Smithowitz Honeymoon 