Hole in the Donut Cultural Travel

Northern Thailand is no mystery to most tourists. After a few days in Bangkok, many head north to the cities of Chiang Mai, Chiang Rai, and Pai. These three well-known destinations offer much to see and do. But beyond the typical tourist track are little-known attractions just waiting to be discovered. After many years of ...

Every year in January, the village of Bo Sang in Chiang Mai Province holds the Bo Sang Umbrella Festival, one of the most interesting festivals in Thailand, which celebrates the making and selling of gorgeous hand-made, hand-painted paper umbrellas. This year’s celebration was the best I’ve ever seen. From workshops that allowed participants to make ...

It poured almost every day I was in India. When it wasn’t raining, fog blanketed everything. It was, after all, the rainy season, but I wasn’t about to let the monsoon season deter me from visiting the many interesting things to see and do in Dharamshala and McLeod Ganj, India. I had come to Dharamshala ...