Thailand | pb abroad

May 17, 2025

The Miracle of An Unbranded Cap

This humble, little hat embodies nearly everything I love about living in Chiang Mai. For one thing, it is unbranded, …

April 4, 2024

Best Laid Plans, part 1

I set out on an 8-week pilgrimage to Thailand to rediscover my writers soul after not doing any serious creative work for 40 years. I was inspired by an account of John le Carré’s adventure in the Golden Triangle and naively thought I could recreate it. But three bad disks in my back betrayed me.,

March 31, 2024

A Clean, Well-Lighted Place

BANGKOK, THAILAND, July 18, 2023 —As I checked into probably my favorite hotel in Asia, the Stable Lodge on Sukhumvit …

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