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Ho Chi Minh City Part 3: The Dinner

Ho Chi Minh City Part 3: The Dinner

Travel
Published on February 24, 20162 Comments on Ho Chi Minh City Part 3: The Dinner

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...

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Ho Chi Minh City, Part 2: The American War

Ho Chi Minh City, Part 2: The American War

Destinations, Personal, Thoughts about life in general, Vietnam, Vietnam
Published on January 25, 20164 Comments on 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...

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When You Have to Make Your Own Holiday Magic

When You Have to Make Your Own Holiday Magic

Travel
Published on December 26, 20151 Comment on When You Have to Make Your Own Holiday Magic

Sometimes holidays suck.

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Ho Chi Minh City, Part 1: The Crush

Ho Chi Minh City, Part 1: The Crush

Vietnam
Published on December 22, 20152 Comments on 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.

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Penang, Malaysia in One Big Gulp

Penang, Malaysia in One Big Gulp

Penang
Published on November 6, 20152 Comments on 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...

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Chillin under a palm tree in Langkawi

Chillin under a palm tree in Langkawi

Langkawi, Travel
Published on October 12, 2015Leave a comment on 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.

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Saturday afternoon in Langkawi

Travel
Published on October 10, 20151 Comment on 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...

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A different approach to thinking about travel

A different approach to thinking about travel

Thoughts, Travel
Published on October 9, 20156 Comments on 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.

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So you want to be a digital nomad? Here’s how.

Travel
Published on October 3, 2015Leave a comment on 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.

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Protected: Can a “Manic Pixie Dream Girl of Midlife” Date without destroying people?

Thoughts about life in general, Travel
Published on October 1, 2015

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

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