March 6, 2012
in Asia, Bangkok, Chiang Mai, food, Koh Phangan, Koh Samui, Koh Tao, Round the World, Thailand, travel
The world’s your oyster.
In Thailand I ate a lot of pad thai. A. Lot. Of. Pad. Thai....
March 5, 2012
Feet first. I’ve done this before.
I wish my Thailand, and my Southeast Asia, journey ended there. It would have been a nice little final note, a nice little end to this chapter of my trip. It shows a lot of how this lifestyle works, of how I've grown, to sit...
March 2, 2012
Moving on.
I'm not going to lie. I spent the entire next morning in Koh Tao crying. It was one of my hardest goodbyes yet. I had to turn around as I watched everyone ride off because I knew the tears were coming. And then I sat around...
March 1, 2012
Turning around.
When I turned around, Aaron, one of the only others who stayed behind, asked me why I didn't go with them. And I replied, "I don't know." Because none of my excuses seemed valid. Then Aaron asked me if I wanted to go book a ticket with...
February 28, 2012
On expectations.
I expected Koh Phangan to be a party town. One where I'd spend my days relaxing on the beach and my nights drinking buckets until I passed out. In five nights there, though, I mostly sipped beer, nary finished a bucket, hardly even made it...
February 27, 2012
Koh Samui, Thailand.
When people ask me why I love to travel one of my first answers is always the people. I love to travel for the people I meet. In these last few years some of the most amazing people I've met I've met while traveling. Whether...
February 27, 2012
I can feel the devil walking next to me.
And after the contest we headed to Soi Cowboy. Sat at a bar with go-go dancers. Caught up. Drank beer. And after that we wandered the streets, sat at a makeshift bar bad from a Volkswagon. Drank more beer…...
February 26, 2012
The biggest eater in Bangkok, Thailand.
If I was excited for the CP Biggest Eater finals, I was really excited for the finale. The next weekend I headed off to Siam Paragon to watch some of the greatest (and some of my favorite) eaters in the world try to eat as...
February 20, 2012
Vertigo.
I sometimes forget that there's an alternate world out there. One where I can spend a night in a dress, sipping expensive cocktails at a rooftop bar that doesn't allow you to wear shorts and that has an amazing view instead of my usual outings...
5 dollars, 3 inches.
I got a hair cut. It's not the best ever. But for the equivalent of $5, you can't complain. ...