Way back in 2015, I wrote about this world-traveling family’s 20 Most Memorable Moments of 2014. But our journey had only just started — we continued hopping across the globe for a good portion of 2015. Here are the 35 things we experienced in 2015 that we regularly talk about.
› This summer we're packing up and hitting the road to experience that great tradition—the Epic American Road Trip. We'll be traveling the highways and byways of the United States, journeying through 17 states in three weeks. Join us, won't you?
After leaving England, we had a three-day layover in Iceland, a small island country the locals call a land of ice and fire. On our first day, we got the lay of the land in Reykjavik, along with a history lesson or two, and some delicious hot dogs.
Way back around the year 120, Roman Emperor Hadrian built a giant wall too keep the wildmen out of the northern border of the Roman Empire. Parts of that wall still stand today.
During our 333-day trip around the world, I filmed one second of video for each day we were traveling. Well, kind of. When it was all over, all that footage was turned into a six-minute video that nicely chronicles our journey. And you can see that video right here.
We had nine more days in Thailand (three in Chiang Mai and five in Bangkok) before we moved on to India. On none of these days did we do anything that warrants a stand-alone post, so we're just putting them all right here. (And if you're thinking that's a totally obvious way to catch up on these entries, you'd be spot on.)
We realized that after our amazing Hanoi food tour, any other tour would be chopped beef to Hanoi’s filet mignon. But, knowing the vibrant food scene in Bangkok, we felt a food tour would be in order.
We knock around Bangkok for a few days before heading up to Chiang Mai. Somewhere in this period of time, three of us get sick and we really appreciated Thailand's liberal prescription drug policy.
We really wanted to see the Australian Open, and we found out that The Sportsman, an expat bar in the Sukhumvit area would be . But how to get there? None of us felt like negotiating with and being scammed by another taxi driver. But, fortunately, the Khlong Saen Saep Express Boat was just up the road.
Despite the title, this post won't be about food. That's coming later. Instead, it's about some of the events and things we saw while we were on our food tour in Bangkok.
On our first day we learned that Bangkok isn't really called Bangkok, that the city is hot and humid, and that negotiating taxi fares is a pain. We also experience our first Bangkok street scam—but don't take the bait.
