Monks, monks, monks. What can I say, WE LOVE MONKS! We've seen monks walking down the street, monks on a bike, monks in the back of a truck, and monks riding motorcycles. There have been monks with umbrellas, monks crossing bridges, monks climbing trees, and even monks pushing eachother in a wheel barrel. Call us crazy, but every monk sighting is exciting. It's like seeing an endangered species for the first time, except there certainly is no shortage of monks in...

During our travels, we have often found ourselves confused and at a loss as to how to best support organizations we feel uphold our views and not patronize those that don't. Often times companies tout buzz words like "eco-tourism" and "conservation," knowing that these are things that are important to travelers (us included), but do not understand or are not fully committed to those causes. Which of course makes deciding what we feel are moral...

We hope everyone had a fantastic holiday season. As for us, we arrived into Bangkok, Thailand on December 22nd. We liked the city so much that we decided to hunker down for the holidays. Although it was difficult to be away from family and friends during the holidays, we've enjoyed the luxuries and comforts that the city has offered (for example the movie theaters sell tickets to see their movies on a Lazy Boy!). We've spent the majority of the time here at loca...