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Dec 20, 2016

When the topic of Magic, Mysticism, and Mana: Superstition in Thailand came up on Evo’s other podcast, he’d planned on linking to the episode of This One Time where he told the story of visiting the Sak Yant Tattoo Festival from earlier in 2016. Only… it seems we never actually put that story into this podcast....


Dec 13, 2016

Just a scootch north of Bangkok is Ayutthaya, one of the capitals of Siam prior to Bangkok’s founding. The short history is that this UNESCO World Heritage site was sacked by the Burmese in the 18th century, and it’s on the “must see” list for those who want to get out of Bangkok for a day or two.

So last...


Nov 29, 2016

As Evo was selecting the the best photos from our Copenhagen trip for re-sharing on Instagram, he was struck by something missing. Specifically, no prostitutes. But there must be quite a few there, because Lodberg Olsen is building an ambulance -- a “Sexelance”, if you will -- just for them.

Why an ambulance? And...


Nov 15, 2016

If you think Evo's good at telling a funny story, you should have met his grandfather, Vic Rodkey. In his 88 years of life, he collected some of the finest stories, most of which have a least a kernel of truth about them. Or about someone else. Whatever. Gramps didn't let a little thing like "the truth" get in his way...


Nov 8, 2016

We’re sick, as a punishment from the gods. Though it will likely knock us out of favor with the greater travel blogging community, there’s no delicate way to say this: we went to a ping pong show in Bangkok. There. We said it.

Was it the sexiest thing ever? Hardly. Horrific? Absolutely. Whore-iffiic? That goes...