I only had a few hours to recover from having my heart wrung out at the Saigon War Remnants Museum, because I’d scheduled a full-day Ho Chi Minh experience that included an evening food tour by motorcycle. The rest of my group had only booked the half-day version of the...
Ho Chi Minh City, Part 2: The American War
After I made it past the door man with my iPad in my backpack, I set out to explore my new neighborhood. Eventually I found what I was looking for on Bui Vien street behind my hotel: a backpacker neighborhood. You know you’re in the right place when you see folks...
When You Have to Make Your Own Holiday Magic
Sometimes holidays suck.
Ho Chi Minh City, Part 1: The Crush
The immigration window at Ho Chi Minh airport was staffed by silent Vietnamese officials with stiff posture and stern expressions. I held my breath when I showed the letter of invitation I’d bought online from a visa service to a man with machete-like cheekbones.
Penang, Malaysia in One Big Gulp
A banner left over from the Muslim New Year’s celebration welcomed me to my street in a working-class neighborhood outside Georgetown on the island of Penang, Malaysia Down the road, a parking lot had sprouted festive tents, where the Chinese (who are the majority in this part of Malaysia) welcomed...
Chillin under a palm tree in Langkawi
Georgetown, in Penang, was a much smaller city than Kuala Lumpur, but it wasn’t the chillin’-under-the palm-trees island experience I was looking for. Langkawi was exactly what I needed.
Saturday afternoon in Langkawi
Today, I was determined to have a “real” Saturday; no working all day on the laptop. I had spotted The Green Mile on the bookshelf at the guesthouse earlier. I’ve never read the book, but I’m in love with the movie, so I threw it in my daypack. I...
A different approach to thinking about travel
Everywhere I go in the world, I meet people from the Netherlands (Holland). Tiny country, but those Dutch folks get around. It’s very common for people to do a long-term trip when they’re young, and the travel bug stays with them for life.
So you want to be a digital nomad? Here’s how.
I’ve gotten a couple of requests for some concrete information on how to nomad recently. I’ve always wanted to write a comprehensive article on the topic, because all in all it’s so much simpler than I thought it was going to be. So I wrote it.
Protected: Can a “Manic Pixie Dream Girl of Midlife” Date without destroying people?
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