Photo: Chiang Mai From Above
Sweeping views of Thailand’s second city are hard to come by, as much of the place is kept low-rise by the fact that most business headquarters are located in Bangkok, and due to the presence of an...
View ArticleLaunching Lanterns On New Year’s Eve In Chiang Mai
New Year’s Eve in Chiang Mai is a holiday that is treated by the locals in the manner that we regard Christmas. It’s a joyous occasion where people get to get with their families, celebrate, and make...
View ArticlePhoto: Fruit Market in Penang, Malaysia
When traveling through Southeast Asia, access to food is rarely a concern. Convenience stores, food carts, and hole-in-the-wall restaurants abound everywhere you go, leading to an unexpected...
View ArticlePhoto: Tropical Dream Sequence in Malaysian Borneo
While most people travel to Kota Kinabalu only to continue on to climb one of the tallest mountains in Southeast Asia (Mount Kinabalu), lovers of tropical beach paradises take note: there are some...
View ArticlePhoto: A Fine Day At The Floating Mosque, Penang Malaysia
Penang Malaysia is often a curious blend of the old and the new, with soaring condo developments overshadowing Chinese shophouses, food carts and establishments that crank out time-tested recipes, and...
View ArticleMalaysian Food in Borneo: Delicious Eats On Gaya Street
Everywhere you go in Malaysia, one life-changing meal after another can be found in the numerous cafes, food courts and restaurants can be found on the main streets and back alleys of its cities,...
View ArticleMy First Full Year As A Digital Nomad: 2014 In Pictures
image credit: photo by CC user 70626035@N00 on Flickr Well, we’re halfway through January, but with all the freelance work I’ve been bashing my way through, this year in review had to wait for awhile....
View ArticlePhoto: buying pork products in a majority Muslim country
In many parts of Malaysia, pork and other goods deemed as haram (forbidden) by Islam can be hard to come by, as many places outside of the cities are majority Muslim regions. In deference to those...
View ArticleTraveling to Koh Samui for the first time? Here’s what you can expect…
The view from my ferry’s bow while traveling to Koh Samui from Don Sak pier // photo: James Shannon Thanks to my super-long break from blogging, the pictures that I have taken from my Asian and Latin...
View ArticleMonkey Beach: your perfect getaway from busier areas of Penang
Penang isn’t viewed as a hotspot for tropical resorts. Spending a few days in the Georgetown area will show you why – a densely populated place featuring urban development right up to the waterfront,...
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