Night is falling over the rice paddies and the suburban houses that line their wind rushed edges. The cool of the evening tugs at my heels as they swirl round and round, propelling me forward on a bike from the 1920s that gives such a smooth ride it’s like flying. I’m following a gentle Thai […]
“I was actually in retirement,” Charles, the hotel manager of the Panviman Chiang Mai, says. “But then my friend told me about this place. I came here and had a look. It was too hard to resist. I had to work here. So I came out of retirement.” I wondered how many people could say […]
Most of the time at Double-Barrelled Travel, Carmen and I write about getting outside of our comfort zones, trying new things, seeking the unknown and hidden corners of life, experience and the beaten path. But when I got to Bangkok recently, I wasn’t in the mood for any of that. We had just spent two […]
Our chef brandished his wicker basket high in the air. “This is Thai Prada,” he said, turning around and winking at me with a triumphant smile. We were following Jay – a little chef with a big personality – around the Bangkok market, each clutching our own ‘Thai Prada’ bags in our hands. At different […]
Last week I had the privilege of spending two days in a writing workshop with the legendary travel writer Don George. It was a wonderful experience and he taught me a lot. Here’s a travel sketch I wrote in the class after we went out to explore the local Thai market. The hectic mess of the Thai market lay […]
