On the heels of my post touting Chiang Rai as the next digital nomad hotspot, here is a quick list of cafés dotted around the centre where you can find a good cuppa, some snacks and speedy internets. At the time of writing 100 baht is about $3 US. Internet speeds were checked at three…
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Goldilocks and the three Thai cities: Chiang Rai
Clattering, honking, flashing, zooming, hawking cities like Bangkok offer endless charm and excitement when they are faced with one’s full energy and an equal portion of patience. The city bubbles at a rolling boil, overflowing with the interesting, the worrying and the extreme – just on the brink of tumbling irrevocably out of control at any moment. On…
Budget breakdown for one month in the Philippines
“And when is your departure flight from the Philippines?” the check-in agent sweetly asked me as I dropped my bag for the trip from Kuala Lumpur to Cebu City. I smiled back and confidently bluffed “I fly to Bangkok in three weeks.” “Great – if I could just see your flight confirmation?” She called my bluff,…
Quarter year recap and the three month dip
In my senior year of high school there was a perfect storm of bad scheduling and back luck that landed me in a remedial humanities course. The class was made up of meth heads, the occasional ESL case and general space cadets of the highest caliber. Instead of learning normal humanities, as one may expect from…
Budget breakdown for one month in Northern Thailand
Another month has passed, another 30-day tourist visa has expired and another (small) dent has been made in my bank account. This month it was Thailand, which is notoriously more expensive than some of its neighbouring south-east Asian countries. However, the north is cheaper than the south, so I didn’t head below the Bangkok belt…
Budget breakdown for one month in Cambodia
“But how do you afford to travel?” is one of the most frequent questions not only from people at home, but also from others on the road. Most people I meet are on some sort of an extended holiday – usually 3-6 months, but sometimes stretching out as far as a year. Occasionally I’ll meet…
What’s in a name: from vagabond to digital nomad
The labels we self-impose define us to others, but also to ourselves. Before I was a scientist, a biologist, a student, an expat, a bit of a nut and a total geek. I was a rock-climber, a forest cat-owner, a La Pavoni coffee-drinker… I could go on, but suddenly the tune to Ben Harper’s Joker…
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