On our most recent trip to Africa, we missed out on an opportunity to visit Ethiopia and add one more stamp to our passports because we hadn’t yet received a yellow fever vaccination.  As we sat in the transit lounge of the Addis Ababa airport, we were kicking ourselves for not having been more prepared.  To […]

Two weeks ago we found ourselves in quite the predicament.  Do we go to Thailand in the first days of a newly announced military coup, or stay back in Singapore and play it safe?? We had a weekend of shopping in Bangkok planned for weeks, and we were desperate to fill our closets with the […]

The infamous Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand held its last round of fights last week, and closed its doors for good on February 7, 2014.  This came as a total shock to us, and followed the closing of the nearby Suan Lum Night Bazaar just over a year or two ago (Read: Oh, How […]

If you’ve been to Thailand before, you know what Phuang Malai is.  You may have never known what to call it other than, “those pretty flower arrangements that are practically everywhere”, but we can guarantee that unless you’re legally blind, you know Phuang Malai. Hand made and purchased for good luck, offerings, and a multitude […]

There were rumours swirling around for years about the impending closure of the Suan Lum Night Bazaar in Bangkok, but we refused to believe them.  After all, it was our evening sanctuary.  A place where we could walk to in just 5 minutes from our hotel, at any hour in the night, to satisfy our […]