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Notes from Murder Island
(Click here to listen to the audio version of this story and here for the PDF version.) Even though it was dark outside, I could see...


Laos Khao Soi
What I liked almost as much as the taste, was that on three separate occasions—after I had asked for the somewhat confusing* Khao...


Laos - The Most Bombed Country in the World
A formula to make you understand better is posted everywhere: If a planeload of bombs was dropped every eight minutes for nine years....


Laos: Random Thoughts, Notes, Impressions, Questions and Critiques
Is it “Low” or is it “Lous”? The usual question with a somewhat confusing answer. But with any country—especially one who used to be...


Back in Bangkok
It was bizarre being back in Bangkok—for many reasons—the first reason in that this has always been the city of setting for some...


A Journey Through Isaan
"Chiang Mai's the other way" goes the joke—a justifiable one, seeing how .08% tourists out of 100 ever set foot into Thailand's...


On: Depression
It’s exciting, you know, crossing over from one country to another via land. I thought about that as I cycled over the Thai-Lao...


Interview: Andrew Benfield of BBC's "Yeti" Fame
Andrew Benfield might be one of the last great gentleman British explorers—evident as he pulls up to the cafe on his Enfield motorcycle,...


Sri Lanka: final thoughts
There was just never any issues. Like... whatsoever. Which is impressive on its own, but we're talking about a country that hasn't caught...


Sri Lanka: personal map + travel tips
This was a last-minute addition and I'm still not sure what to do with it, but—as strange as it may sound—I've been fortunate enough to...


on travel by tuktuk
how taking a poor man's vehicle around the island became my new favorite mode of transport I'm not even sure how I found out about it. My...


Mr. Yoganathan's Coconut Sambol
I saw Mr. Yoganathan from the corner of my eye–standing there in the kitchen with his fashionable button-up and traditional sarong,...


breaking Bawa-d
An accidentally violent introduction to the godfather of tropical modernism.
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