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Dying in obscurity
I plan to die in obscurity. It seems a strange thing to say given the number of people I interact with regularly, but as I walk along this quiet road in rural Thailand, I can’t help but think I’ll end up in a place like this. I love traveling and sharing my stories, and it…
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Reducing plastic water bottle use by using a sterilization pen.
I’m not sure what people in Thailand drank before bottled water came along. Nowadays, almost every Thai drinks bottled water of one sort or another, and all of it comes in plastic. I’ve been on a personal mission for almost a year to rid myself of as much plastic as I can, and this is…
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Almost abandoning ship
I had a romantic notion of island hopping through dramatic karst rock formations by ferry when I opted to take the ferry instead of the train from Kuala Lumpur to Bangkok, but I had begun to sour on the idea. As I mentioned in a previous story, the high speed ferries of Thailand required that…
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Thank you, I am a Thai lady boy
I’d obviously slept in late because as I walked into the shared hostel bathroom with a mouthful of toothpaste, I found all the sinks to be occupied. I stood there doing some extra swishing, thinking it couldn’t be too bad to give my teeth some extended exposure to the fluoride intentionally absent from my Oregon…
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The puzzle collective
Many people play games on their phones nowadays. Most of the time it is individualized games, but there are also interactive games that you can play with friends even though they’re not presently with you. In an old world meets new world example I came across an offline collective gaming platform this summer. It’s called…
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Do it now
Don’t “just do it”. Do it now. This is all the time you have. Don’t waste it. I can’t tell you the number of times my retired tourists have validated my decision to travel while I’m young. They’re happy to share that while they have enough money now to live comfortably and travel as they’d…
