• Sons of Chiang Mai

    Chiang Mai is a much milder city than the torture chamber that Bangkok can be. (I mean, I loved Bangkok… But I’m not a fan of such large cities in general). For a good three blocks or so within the area of the train station, people were bugging me incessantly, asking where I was going…

  • An Acorn, a sponge, and Thor walk into a bar…

    “300 baht,” the Tuk Tuk driver said, holding ten fingers up. I scoffed.”No. Goodbye.” “Wait! I give discount.” I stopped and turned around to listen. “250 baht!” “Are you crazy? No!” I repeated.  “Okay, how much?” “30 baht.” He stopped to think for a minute. He had become aware that I knew what I was…

  • Feck it, it’ll be grand

    The next morning we spent sightseeing in the town and made it back early in the afternoon to meet up with Team Craíc to see a old castle situated on the bank of the river Corrib. Two roads lead to the castle, and we chose the shorter one, which turned out to be a terrible…

  • Only the Beginning

    Almost a year ago (or maybe more, I can’t remember), I convinced my grandmother to go on a trip to Ireland with me as a leg of my bigger trip. She seemed excited initially as well as terrified– I knew after going she wouldn’t be so scared, but it was getting to that point that…