Tutti Taychakhoonavudh Articles

Searching for Something #20: Into the Great Wide Open - Gobi Desert and Ulaan Baatar, Mongolia
A camping/driving trip from Ulaan Baatar to the Gobi Desert and back is full of locals, animals, huge tracts of land, and mutton overload.

Searching for Something #21: Homeward Bound - Beijing and Xi'an, China
Beijing and Xi'an are the last stops before Tutti and Josh head back to San Francisco, and no, they aren't going to stay to linger over the Terracotta Army.

Searching for Something #18: The Roof of the World- Tibet
The ubiquitous police presence in Tibet has Tutti glad the cops can't read English, but where they are suspicious, the Tibetans are welcoming.

Searching for Something #19: Seven Days in Tibet - Tibet
Going from Lhasa to Everest has no shortage of interesting monks and monasteries, and Tutti's favorite: the 10,000 images of the Gyantse Kumbum.

Searching for Something #16: Lazy in Laos - Laos
The doctors are find kinder to Josh than time has been to the supposed most beautiful city in the world.

Searching for Something #17: Sichuan: Buddhas, Pandas, Gorges, Mountains & More - China
There are few things like sailing for 52 hours on the Yangtze River, but the Chinese way of enjoying nature leaves much to be desired.

Searching for Something #14: Hiking Tiger Leaping Gorge - Yunnan Province, China
Reading a guidebook before could've taught Tutti that you don't chuck your cold-weather clothes before getting to China.

Searching for Something #15: Guangxi Experiences - China
The doctors are find kinder to Josh than time has been to the supposed most beautiful city in the world.

Searching for Something #12: From Religion to Tunnel Rats in Vietnam - Vietnam
Viet Cong tunnels have been widened by about 30% to "accommodate western sizes", as Tutti finds during her stay over Liberation Day.

Searching for Something #13: Same Same But Different - Vietnam
Tutti found most Vietnamese people very friendly but there were a few who openly disapproved of a mixed-race couple.

Searching for Something #11: Peace in Angkor - Angkor Wat, Cambodia
If there's progress in Cambodia, it seems to be brought only by Thais and Vietnamese, but there is a peace to the country that strikes Tutti.

Searching for Something #9: Pilgrimage to Petra - Petra, Jordan
Even waiting 18 hours for a ferry can make for a good travel experience, but crossing 8-lane roads on foot is another story.

Searching for Something #10: Home Sweet Home - Thailand
It's time for new year, mangos, and lots and lots of water-and-clay fights on Bangkok's Khao San Road.

Searching for Something #8: A Woman in Cairo - Cairo, Egypt
So far Tutti feels like she's living up to her resolutions, even if she doesn't like being a repressed woman in Egypt.

Searching for Something #7: Heartfelt People & Visa Hell - Konya and Ankara, Turkey
Tutti's Thailand passport presents a few problems in Turkey, and she still can't quite get used to cups of tea appearing from out of nowhere.

Searching for Something #5: The Art & Culture Tour - Madrid, Barcelona and Figureres, Spain
Spain is home to amazing architecture and the paintings of renown artists, but some of the most interesting work is hidden in a Barcelona hotel room.

Searching for Something #6: Istanbul (Not Constantinople) - Istanbul, Turkey
Tutti didn't expect Turkey to remind her so much of Star Wars, nor did she expect to actually enjoy the overnight bus rides

Searching for Something #3: Tales of the Alhambra � Greetings from Spain! - Spain
Going from style to vile is as simple as crossing the Strait of Gibraltar, and a look in the mirror is all Tutti needs to feel like a backpacker.

Searching for Something #4: Here Comes the Sun - Evora and Lisbon, Portugal
Not only is the weather warmer in Portugal, but so are the people � even if there is a certain national obsession with bones.

Searching for Something #1: Our Very First Scam - Marrakech & Casablanca, Morocco
Funky keyboards, a scam at teatime and cool people on the train � Tutti and Josh get an interesting welcome to Morocco.