Sandy beaches, freedom and fear
Alan Morison and Chutima Sidasathian - 'Brave enough to change'One morning last week I opened a link of an album shared by my friend Alan, a collection of photos he…
Phuket Vegetarian Festival: Faces and Fire
Firecrackers, fierce warriors, sliced-up faces. The Phuket Vegetarian Festival, one of Thailand’s most photographed events, has just come to a close. Amid the acrid smoke and unsettling scenes of the…
Phuket in the wet
Wet commute in south Phuket.Ahh, August in Phuket. We're in the midst of our rainy season here and this week has been wet wet wet! Crappy for tourists if they…
Apes on a Plane: Flying with Kids
This is a blog post I wrote for an American parenting website soon after our trip back to Canada with my toddler son. I was thinking about this trip this…
Big Motor Lovers in Phuket
Confession: I'm a biker chick wannabe. I wrote this story for Window on Phuket magazine a few years back. Republishing here in anticipation of the Phuket Bike Week festival, which…