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Hello, this is Reporter K doing an article on Thai cuisine. On my recent trip to Thailand I experienced some wonderful food, wonderful enough to write an article on. The first authentic dish I experienced was yes, at the airport food court. It was a delicious ramen-like soup, with clear broth. There were also various […]

Thailand is not the first nation we’ve visited with a large Buddhist population.  After all, Buddha himself came from India.  However, it is the first place that has felt distinctly Buddhist.  Perhaps it is the 30,000 temples which dot the country, or the bright saffron robes of the monks who are everywhere. Or maybe it […]

What’s there to do in Thailand outside of Bangkok?  Plenty!  Our favorite part of the trip was in North Thailand, a hilly area that was once the ancient Kingdom of Lanna, and is now a collection of nations and tribes split across the legal borders of Thailand, Laos and Burma.  This region is geographically midway […]

Today was my birthday and I was turning 13, finally a teenager! The car was waiting for us as we left the breakfast hall. We jumped in and began our ride to the elephant camp. After a one hour drive we reached the Thai Elephant Home. Accompanying us to the site today were two other […]

ประกอบด้วยแปลไทยด้านล่าง  (Thai translation at bottom) Rice has been eaten for thousands of years. For a while, people grew rice just like carrots; in a field of soil. Eventually, people found out that flooding the fields with water increased the quantity and quality of the rice. Farmers would plant seedlings in a non-flooded field, and when […]

Infamous and exotic, the Golden Triangle is situated at the intersection of northern Thailand, Laos, and Burma (Myanmar).  The mighty Mekong River flows through the heart of the Triangle and serves as a major trade thoroughfare and border between nations.  Just thirty years ago, up to 90% of the world’s opium supply poured out of […]

Our guide Suzy brought us to the Floating Market, about an hour and a half south of Bangkok.   This market had water canals instead of roads. We stepped into a “James Bond” boat and whizzed down a series of canals. As we sped along, water sprayed as high as the boat’s canopy; I nonchalantly munched […]

Piggy visited Thailand and looked at lots of temples. Can you guess what city this collection of temples is in?  Bonus question:  what is the name of the temple?  There is also an emerald Buddha here.

As part of Road School, the kids are reading a textbook comparing eight major world religions.  In the Hinduism unit we read about an ancient Sanskrit epic, the Ramayana which means Rama’s Journey. We had never heard about this story, but it is just as important in the East as the Odyssey or Gilgamesh.  When […]