The Shri Mangeshi Temple is located about 15 miles outside Goa’s capital city of Panaji. The temple is dedicated to Bhagavan Manguesh, an incarnation of Shiva. I was in Goa as a guest of Goa Tourism, and one of the things they suggested I do was visit a temple. I love having authentic cultural experiences, so I(…)
When most people think of Goa, they think of all-night psychedelic dance parties on the beach. They think of a strange hippie-hedonistic pocket of India; sweaty, sunny, and a little bit salacious. Tales of these parties have spread far and wide, since the hippie expats first came to Goa in the 1960′s, but the region(…)
My favorite Thai dish is also the most popular one in Thailand. Thai people say that if they don’t know what they feel like eating or cooking, they automatically turn to pad kra prao—hot basil stirfry. I order pad kra prao almost every time I’m at a Thai restaurant and for almost every lunch and dinner when I’m in(…)
Sat underneath a fish market table in Chiang Khong as the sun rose over the Mekong, an ancient weathered Thai man dressed all in white began his early Thai-Chi routine with such grace and peace that one could almost have forgotten the dramatic, and relatively scary, events of the night that led into such a(…)
