


Destination: Baan Tawai Handicrafts Center — your home for kitschy wooden crafts (Thailand)
Claiming to be the largest handicraft village in Thailand, Ban Tawai (also spelled Baan Tawai) falls under the mainstream-but-kitschy category — worth visiting for serious shopping, passive browsing, and plenty of picture-taking. It’s big enough to fill a day, but the...
On reverse culture shock and reverse REVERSE culture shock
Define ‘culture shock’: “the feeling of disorientation experienced by someone who is suddenly subjected to an unfamiliar culture, way of life, or set of attitudes.” (Source: Google) Define ‘reverse culture shock’: the “unexpected difficulty in readjusting to the...
Destination: Hug You Sheep Farm — a haven for selfie-takers! (Lampang, Thailand)
Go on, you know you want to. Sheep farms are great for selfies, those cutsie shots for your Facebook profile, and so on. There are real sheep around, naturally, but unlike the Swiss sheep farm near Hua Hin, the sheep are far from the main attraction. Bring your...