Tonight I got a snarky, “are you like, post-grad finding yourself in Southeast Asia?” First of all, f*** that dude. I lived in Bangkok for four months, this isn’t my first time in Asia. Second,…
I am writing from the Azores — a chain of islands off the coast of Portugal. It took me about 48 hours of being on São Miguel, the biggest island, to figure out where I…
Lately, I have been feeling a little run down and like I could use a mental and physical break. Daydreaming about my ideal situation had me reminiscing on the time my friend, Arianna, and I…
It’s been over a month since I said sayonara to Tokyo and I can’t get it out of my head. So much so that I feel compelled to write this even though I would rather…
Calm down dad, it’s not what you think. My cousin and I decided to partake in the cultural experience of bathing in an onsen. An onsen literally means hot spring — in our case, it…
I can’t believe I voluntarily decided to come to Bangkok, again. And now, I am stuck here. The plan was to stay less than 36 hours in Bangkok, with my cousin, then fly to sweet,…
I spent 19 hours traveling for 48 hours on the beach with my six friends — and it was worth it. To quote Kira, “I want to stay at a place on the beach. I…
Kira got food poisoning in Bangkok during her mom’s visit to Thailand. Kira and her mom had been at the beach all day and were already dehydrated. So, a little bit of food poisoning was enough…
If Pai isn’t at the top of your list of places to explore in the world — let alone, Thailand — you’re doing it wrong. There are two ways to get to Pai once you…
Chapter 1: “Lost Chinchilla” I receive the email at 9:00 p.m. I consider not opening the attached document from the unknown sender but the title of the document is too tempting. After opening it, I…