Lest you think that my travel life is one continuous stream of swim and surf, I'd like to share the week I spent in Chiang Mai in which I did nothing but write, eat and hang out with other bloggers.
It was a recharging week that I desperately...
It's easy to see why Ko Phi-Phi has been exploited as a backpacker heaven: it's the perfect paradise backdrop for a multitude of sins. Palm trees sway as reggae beats rock, bicycles navigate the narrow unsealed roads and the sky bursts into brilliant...
This is the story of two Thai cooking classes: one planned for and paid for and expertly executed, and other, an organic connection that sprung up on the street in Chiang Mai.
At Chiang Mai Thai Cookery School, we learned about the...
“Open your mouth,” the Barefoot Doctor asked. I complied, stretching my mouth wide and sticking out my tongue.
“Too much shu-ga!” he laughed as he peered into my mouth. Wait, how does this man know that I snuck in a coconut donut on my way...
After the “backpacker heaven” of Phi-Phi and the sleazy unruliness of Phuket, the yet-to-be-completely-exploited vibe of Railay was much appreciated.
It's an early-to-rise town, with many rock climbers scrambling up the limestone by 8 a.m. and...
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Christine Amorose Merrill
C'est Christine is my little slice of the internet to talk travel, lifestyle and twenty- and thirty-something struggles. After stints living in France, Australia and NYC and lots of (often solo!) travel around the world, I currently live in San Diego with my husband, daughter and two pugs.