Prepare yourself to drool over these 41 meals, each featuring mouthwatering photos, details, and where you can eat it.
I've also included some of my personal travel eating tips and answered some of your top questions... like "Mark, how do you make money to travel?".
In 2009, I landed in Thailand with little more than an empty stomach and a passion for food. It didn’t take long before I became wholly obsessed with Thai gastronomy of all forms, kindled daily by fiery spice, intoxicating aromas,…
I spent 4 days in Jakarta before proceeding onwards in my journey through Indonesia towards Yogyakarta to climb Mt. Merapi and check out the Borobudur temple complex. Jakarta is a massive bustling metropolis that can be somewhat overwhelming. If you don’t…
No shower, check, no house cleaning, check, no bad thoughts or words, check, With the Chinese influence in Thailand, being in Bangkok, and my half Chinese American-ism, there was tremendous reason to celebrate 2010 as the year of the Tiger on…
I forced the cab driver to stop on the side of Sheikh Zayed highway and strained my neck to a 90 degree angle with my back. I had just landed in Dubai and I was trying to fathom the earth’s tallest building, the Burj Khalifa Dubai. The immensity of cranes dominating the skyline looked like flamingos on Lake Nakuru in Kenya.
With the barest essential of all plans, I jetted to Buenos Aires, Argentina, to take a one month Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) course with TEFL International Buenos Aires. Apparently, TESOL and TEFL are practically the same thing. Still dazzled…
At times, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, can feel a bit hectic and maybe a little intimidating. I thoroughly enjoyed my stay and while there learned various survival tactics in order to make visiting Phnom Penh slightly easier and more manageable. Some of these survival tactics might even teach you a few lessons on how…
From spending 24 Hours at Angkor Wat to aimlessly walking around the capital of Phnom Penh, in order to fit in to the Cambodian lifestyle, you will need to follow a few or possibly all of these tips. 1. Parkas…
1. Mo Chit Station- Bangkok Start at Mo Chit Station– Bangkok’s Northern bus terminal. Take a bus to Aranyaprathet that departs every 30 minutes starting at about 4 am for the price of around 200 baht (US $6). Bus takes about…
With a time constraint in Cambodia, I was only able to allot a single day to the brilliant World Heritage Site of the Angkor Wat Temples near Siem Reap. I was able to see a significant amount of temples that were truly spectacular in complete…
When 2009 rolled in, I had just returned to the the United States from Patagonia to attend my sisters wedding in Phoenix, Arizona. It was in February 2009 under the influence of a carne asada burrito that I decided it was…
The culture of late night Hong Kong Dim Sum is a manifesting statement that appears to have developed throughout all of antiquity. It is through the lens of these ambrosial dumplings situated on bamboo steamers at uncommon hours where whole…
Growing up I have had the privilege to spend Christmas in a “whirled” of places. The contrast could not be much more drastic from Hutchinson, Kansas to Tandala, Democratic Republic of Congo, or from Albertville, France, to Bangkok, Thailand. 1. …
A three day break from teaching English in Thailand was clearly a justifying claim for a brief excursion to Hong Kong from Bangkok. I arrived mid afternoon to the very friendly and high tech airport. The airport link train located…
This is the Part 2 of Voluntouring in the Bicol Region of the Philippines: Part 1 In July 2009, I ventured to the Bicol Region in the Philippines to check out some Gawad Kalinga villages (Building Houses with Hope), see…
To follow Thanksgiving, I thought it might be appropriate to introduce a small nameless store I stumbled upon in the heart of Quezon City, Novaliches area in Manila, the Philippines. Snacking has always been one of my favorite Manila activities. Ironically,…
