WHEN IN ROAMING

About a week ago, Eli & I went to an art gallery opening in the Sathorn district of Bangkok at a spot fittingly named Sathorn 11 Art Space. The exhibition that will run until mid March, L'Amour, is a display of how several different Thai artists portrayed their concept of "love". In honor of Valentine's Day, I wanted to share the story of Eliana & I. "Karma guides life. Sense guides action" -Rearngsak Boonyavanishkul Nine and a half years ago I moved into my college dorm ro

I was chilling alone one night in the common lounge area at FAB hostel while Trav and Niko, a German traveler we met earlier that evening, were grabbing us some beers at 7/11 (side note: Bangkok is full of 7/11's, literally one every half mile). Anyway, I'm sitting on the couch and out comes this tall, red headed girl. She sits right next to me and immediately starts talking. I think Trav is the only one who knows this, but I've always had a strong liking towards gingers, th

Landing in Bangkok, I assumed the streets would be covered, wall to wall in art. Almost every street artist I admire has done a stint in this city. However, outside of the occasional throw-up tag or wheat paste, the art I was craving seemed to be lacking. Then on day 2 maybe, while on the Chao Phraya river boat, I spotted a building sized piece of and elephant balancing on another elephant doing a head stand. My trigger finger was too slow to grab a snap of it, but I knew a