There are few things as blissful as a hammock tied to the porch of a $5/night bungalow, a slight breeze rustling through palm fronds and your eyes resting on an ocean view.
This photograph was taken from my bungalow porch on the Thai island of Ko Phangan. The travelers in the water were from Israel, and for more than two hours they talked while sitting in the shallows.
Globalization. It's one of those words so frequently tossed around that at times it feels to have lost its meaning, or at least its evocative power.
The feast awaiting the elephants after the parade at their festival in Surin, Thailand.
Phi Phi Don is an island in Thailand that relies on longboats for everything. All are hand made.
Local beauties prepare to dance at the annual Loi Krathong festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand.
Revelers light up the night sky over Chiang Mai, Thailand with hundreds of rice paper lanterns at the annual Loi Krathong festival.
The launching of khom loi (rice paper lanterns) is a family affair in Chiang Mai, Thailand during the annual Loi Krathong festival.
Revelers light up the night sky over Chiang Mai, Thailand with hundreds of rice paper lanterns at the annual Loi Krathong festival.
Young monks are on hand at the annual Loi Krathong festival in Chiang Mai, Thailand to help people launch their rice paper lanterns into the heavens.