5:04am. I’m vaguely aware of a noise next to my head. I groggily open my eyes and let out a yelp. With the help of the street light filtering in through the sheer window hanging, I see none other than a little grey mouse on the shelf next to my head, and he’s trying to […]
Oude Kerk (Old Church), Red Light District, Amsterdam This trip could’ve been one big blur, but it wasn’t. If you name a date in the last six months, with the exception of maybe a few days, I could tell you exactly where I was that day and what I did. This round the world trip […]
There’s something wonderfully surprising about going to places you haven’t heard too much, if anything, about, and when they turn out to be amazing, it makes you wonder why more people aren’t talking about them. But there’s nothing like seeing for yourself places you’ve seen in photos your whole life. I was walking down the […]
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM… I was walking down Bryggen, the historic street running along the quay (that’s probably the first time I’ve ever actually used that word), and suddenly the air vibrated with cannon shots. And they were LOUD. I looked at my watch: 12 o’clock noon. I tried to think of what possible reason […]
Supercallifragilisticexpialidocious! Mary Poppins was right, it’s extraordinary! (Stockholm)
I arrived into Stockholm a little disheveled and disoriented. I even managed to confuse the lady behind the subway ticket desk as to where it was that I wanted go. Finally I sorted myself out and made it to Lisen’s place. I met Lisen through couchsurfing.com (a network for travelers that helps them connect with […]
One Night in Bangkok and other short stories (Thailand)
There’s a tropical fruit that grows here in Thailand called durian. They say it “smells like hell, tastes like heaven.” Well, they’re wrong. It smells all right, but the taste makes you want to spew your phad thai. Come to think of it, now that I’ve tasted it, it really does smell like hell. You […]
Yes, I really am still in Asia and not in America! But on American Independence Day, I decided to actually play the part of an American. I managed to find the largest group of Americans I’ve ever seen gathered outside of the United States at the American Consulate here in Chiang Mai. For such a […]