Why did I quit travel blogging and what have I been doing for the last year? I’ll try to explain a little, but let me start from the beginning.
Kopi Luwak – World’s Most Expensive Coffee Yes, it’s true, and before you begin to moan and gag, think for a moment, about what you might be missing, especially if you are a true coffee lover. Well, there must be a reason why people would pay a lot of money for coffee that is apparently extracted from the feces of the civet, a mammal common to many parts of Southeastern Asia. It sounds totally gross,…
“People are capable, at any time in their lives, of doing what they dream of.”
– Paulo Coehlo ~ The Alchemist
There have been movies, television sitcoms and even reality tv shows all based on the theme of being stranded on a lonely and mysterious island…
Happiness is something that comes into our lives through doors we don’t even remember leaving open.
-Rose Lane
Instead of flying down to Phuket, from Chiang Mai, I took the scenic route by land and stopped in Sukhothai which I actually didn’t really know much about at the time. I remembered seeing a picture of the ancient ruins…
In early 2012, I lost my home to foreclosure even while I was working a comfortable I.T. job with a decent salary.
As a result, I moved back in with my parents and put my “stuff” in storage. As traumatic as the whole ordeal was for me, I was convinced by a friend that a trip to Thailand would lift my spirits. Despite some anxiety, about traveling to Asia, I was brimming with excitement for the unknown. During that first trip to Thailand in 2012, I realized
Travel does what good novelists also do to the life of everyday, placing it like a picture in a frame or a gem in its setting, so that the intrinsic qualities are made more clear. Travel does this with the very stuff that everyday life is made of, giving to it the sharp contour and meaning of art. – Freya Stark – Wat Tham Pha Plong – My trip to Chiang Dao included a peaceful…
Surfing soothes me, it’s always been a kind of Zen experience for me. The ocean is so magnificent, peaceful, and awesome. The rest of the world disappears for me when I’m on a wave. Paul Walker Surfing Boston Bay Boston Bay is known as one of Jamaica’s most popular surfing beaches and attracts surfers from all over the world. The local “surfas” are some of the coolest and friendliest locals you will ever meet. Unlike…