I can see why so many people make Chiang Mai, Thailand their home base. It's both quaint and big. East and West. The kind of place you can get $1 dinners at the market or satisfy any home food craving for burgers or pizza or...
Again came just five days later. Gabriel and I arranged to meet in Koh Lanta, a nearby island, where we rented a bungalow for three nights on a quiet beach. It rained. A lot. But there was just enough sun for swimming, for lying in...
On our last full day in Koh Phi Phi, Thailand, Steven and I boarded a Koh Phi Phi Island booze cruise around the islands. Of course, for me, this meant little drinking (me + booze + rocky boat is not a good combination) and that...
I've been living on pina coladas. It seems like the appropriate thing to do when you're on an island. A pineapple shake to start the day followed by a couple of coconut concoctions throughout the day is enough to sustain anyone on a beach. Steven and...
I'd heard nothing but bad things about Phuket. It was one of those places where no one had a nice thing to say. Words such as "overrated" and "disgusting" were thrown around in description. And, honestly, I think that that helped me enjoy my time there...
"Just let things happen." I don't remember what exactly it was that Gabriel said that in response to on that night in Kuala Lumpur. Something to do with travel plans, I'm sure. But let's just say that at that moment it resonated. When he had said...
Do you ever have days where you're just sick of having to figure out how to do shit all the time? I definitely woke up on the wrong side of the dorm bed and didn't feel like doing anything because I didn't feel like trying...
As soon as I got to Krabi, Thailand, it started to rain. Monsoon like drops pelted the town. I was hungry but didn't want to leave my hostel. I went starving instead. I was convinced that I had made a terrible decision on where to...