Tag: rants
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For ten days at the end of May into the beginning of June, Cream and I did some island hopping along Thailand’s stunning Andaman (west) coast, visiting some of the most beautiful beaches in the world. To cap it off, we finished with a weekend in Hat Yai, one of Thailand’s largest cities and a…
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I’d recommend visiting, exploring, seeing dance performances in Ubud, and checking out Uluwatu and Tanah Lot temples. A week should be plenty of time. If you want to travel for longer, I’d recommend exploring other areas in Indonesia.
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The genuine warmth and kindness that was shared with me was extraordinary. There’s no doubt in my mind that if more people received that much love, the world would be a better place. I only saw a very small slice of the Philippines, on this one island. Yet I would place the Philippines very high…
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“Burning season” comes to Chiang Mai around February, March, and April every year. This year has been a freak anomaly with a relatively clear sky. Some days, you can even see Doi Suthep mountain from downtown — while this is perfectly normal in January, it is practically unheard of during March and April.
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I used the quarantine – and the solitude that comes with it – as an opportunity to dig in and do some deep work. I challenged myself to write one song per day on a tiny keyboard to expand my musical and songwriting versatility. I came up with some great stuff, and the challenge was…
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I had been planning on coming home for the holidays all along, as my visa was valid until December 22nd and the round-trip ticket cost only marginally more than the one-way. I simply neglected to mention all these things to my parents, who were completely shocked to see me!
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Chiang Mai is the first city that I’m living in outside the U.S. as a location-independent freelance copywriter, and I completely love it. My days are full of delicious food and coffee, comfortable working spaces, beautifully decorated shops, and lively markets. These ten photos will show you what I do more-or-less everyday.
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If you hadn’t guessed based on the title yet, I ended up in the hospital over the weekend with a very bad case of food poisoning. It was probably the sickest I’ve ever been. After a 60-hour stay, plus a few days since then, I’m doing a whole lot better now. I’ll get more into…
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If you asked me two weeks ago what I thought I’d be writing about in my next blog post, I would have guessed it would be about doing work from chic cafes and going to see Buddhist temples here in Chiang Mai. As it turns out, that’s not far off, but it’s not spot-on either.…
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Here’s to exploring, to getting out of your comfort zone, and to appreciating lifestyles far removed from your own. There are countless routes to happiness, and I do not mean to suggest that travel is the highest virtue. But if we are blind to our own path, perhaps living among other cultures can spark new…