Gyeongbokgung Palace – Seoul, South Korea
Gyeongbokgung Palace - Seoul, South Korea

What seems like an eternity ago, Tony and I stumbled off a plane, brushed our teeth, dawned some jackets, and spent seventeen hours in Seoul. The trip was highlighted in the first real blog post and first episode, but since then I’ve hardly looked back at the place. Well with upcoming travel and some newly [...]

Top Five Things To See In Bangkok
Top Five Things To See In Bangkok

With well over six million people crushed into the 1,500 square kilometers of Bangkok there is an endless array of day to day options. This list comprises ROTE’s must see and can (if given a early start) be seen in a day. So for the backpacker trying to penny-pinch or honeymooning couple looking to knock [...]

Muang Sing Historic Park – Kanchanaburi, Thailand
Muang Sing Historic Park - Kanchanaburi, Thailand

A short motorbike ride from Kanchanaburi will run you into Muang Sing Historic Park (เมืองสิงห์). The park contains the remains of two Khmer style temples built in the 13th and 14th century and a prehistoric grave site. The name Muang Sing translates directly as Lion City. Unfortunately there are no lions to be found roaming [...]

Episode 18: How We Broke The Flip
Episode 18: How We Broke The Flip

Zip-lock-bagged and rubber-banded – there was just too much water. Thailand won.

‘What up Mon?’
'What up Mon?'

After finishing up midterms, Cengiz and I were free for a long four day weekend. From Bangkok, there is basically one major road going West and since we hadn’t gotten further than Kanchanburi, there was little reason not to head toward Burma and see what we could dig up. After sitting in traffic for a [...]

Must Eat: Thailand
Must Eat: Thailand

Here is the first section of foods everyone needs to try when traveling through Thailand. Now I understand they might be misspelled and might not all be Thai, and hell, they might even have the wrong names, but does that really matter? It’s Thailand. Point and Smile.
The first set of Must Eat: Thailand -‘things [...]