This is not at all what I expected I would be doing when I left 3 weeks ago. I try to stay away from using cliches as much as possible – but this quote by Lennon is too good to pass up. “Life is what happens to you while you’re busy making other plans.” I think this is the first time that I really get that quote.
I had planned on traveling around Thailand for a month before my... 
“Okay now please put on ze bikini,” she said.
“My bikini?”
“Yes. You have it on, no?”
“Uh, yeah, sure.” I turn around in my brown swimming trunks. “Does my bikini look alright?”
“Fine. Good. Yes.” She says, half-smiling over her shoulder.
I see now what people say about the French not caring much for learning English. Joelle would be... 
When I decided I was moving to Thailand I wrote down a few things I wanted to accomplish before I got on the plane. It’s been 45 days since then and I’m now in Thailand so I figured it would be a good time to see how I did.
Summed up in a word: eh.
Some of the goals were a bit too audacious considering everything else that was going on (like learning Thai). Some of them were a bit too simple (like... 
Your first day in Thailand – especially Bangkok – can be overwhelming. No matter what time of day you arrive, your first step out of the Suvarnabhumi airport will be met with an oppressive, sticky heat. If you’re really unlucky it will be raining.
Bangkok is attempting to rebrand itself as the “City of Life” – and I think it’s an apt description. Underneath temples of incredibly...
I’m an ex software engineer, a newly-minted exporter, and on my way to becoming an international vagabond. I write about things like polyphasic sleep, moving to the other side of the world for no good reason, and surfing. Read more...
