For those of you who aren’t familiar with Pad Thai, it’s a traditional Thai dish consisting of stir fried rice noodles with egg, sauce and vegetables, meat or seafood. Crushed peanuts, lime and chives are often used as a garnish. In addition to traditional Pad Thai, fried noodles of all sorts are common in Thai
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Bangkok, Thailand
It took me a while to process my first day in Bangkok. I had arrived from Tokyo very late the night before and took a taxi from BKK to my hostel off Silom Road. It was dark, raining, and the driver didn’t speak a lick of English. All of the street signs were in Thai.
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Phuket Night Market, Thailand
Greetings from Phuket! I decided to make a quick stop in Phuket Town to check out the night market (sometimes called the weekend market), open every weekend from late afternoon into the evening just outside Phuket Town. I’m pretty sure if I don’t get sick from eating massive quantities of street food last night, I’m
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Harajuku Street Style
Exit the Harajuku Station on the Yamanote Line in Tokyo and you will face the entrance to Takeshita Dori, the famous shopping street where young Japanese flock. Each day, the street is filled with young people dressed in Harajuku street style, which encompasses multiple styles including punk, babydoll and goth. The shops on Takeshita cater