Hi there! Pickle Deli Square is a collection of my experiences living, eating, and traveling the world. Currently an expat based in Valencia, on the Mediterranean coast of Spain.
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In Southeast Asia, you can find the same international chains in most countries, as you can in the US and Europe. But there also are a lot of "boutique" choices, offering unique style at a very good value usually...
Phnom Penh has an urban landscape similar to many other SE Asian cities, with French influences, densely packed apartment buildings with shops on the ground floor, few sidewalks. On the other hand, it has a lot of unique character, with many modern buildings from the 60s in particular...
There are only three letters you need to remember for eating in Siem Reap: K, F, and C...
One of my favorite things at the temples around Siem Reap were the wall carvings...
I really enjoyed these stone carvings of animals with splayed teeth. Yes, I think they're cute...
Flying Lao Airlines again from Vientiane, Laos to Siem Reap, Cambodia, with a stopover in Pakse, Laos...
A big fan of Vietnamese bahn mi, I was super excited to try the baguette sandwiches of Laos...
The eating scene in Vientiane is much better than in Luang Prabang. Tourists are fewer here, and while there are a lot of foreigners still, a lot of them are in the diplomatic or NGO community who have money to spend and are potential repeat customers...
There are a few restaurants in Luang Prabang that offer cooking classes, and I just signed up for the one at Tamnak Lao...
The most stylish villagers I came across in my tour of northern Laos, even more than the hipster Tai Dam and the amusing Yao women with their pink yarn boas, were the Lanten.
Just finished up a 6-day tour through northern Laos visiting local villages of different ethnic groups. This has really been the experience you read about in magazine travel articles or guidebooks, but never seem to get yourself...
The one activity I planned for Chiang Mai, besides seeing the temples in the city center (which took all of 3 hours), was a cooking class. I chose Baan Thai Cookery School, and signed up for a full-day course...
Bangkok Airways likes to call itself "Asia's Boutique Airline," a cool slogan and based on my experience, well-deserved. But they seriously need to hire a graphic designer who can create some Corporate Identity guidelines!
Flying Bangkok Airways, "Asia's Boutique Airline," from Bangkok to Koh Samui, back to Bangkok, and on to Chiang Mai, with lounges even for economy class passengers!
