Pai is known for dirty backpackers, relaxing rice fields and a nauseating 3-hour minivan ride winding around a thousand curves through the hills. About three hours away from Chiang Mai, the small mountain town has long been a hub for budget travelers to hang out, check out, spend days in cheap hostels, rent motorbikes to […]

I managed to write 12 blog posts in 2017 and that was pushing it. There were months that I didn’t write a single post or share anything on social media. A quick update: I’m still alive. I’m still living in Chiang Mai. I’m still writing. But just not here. Here’s why. The past year and […]

There are a ton of Thai festivals. Between actual holidays, annual festivals and various fairs or celebrations, it seems like something is going on every week, especially November through February. Thailand is filled with interesting festivals and up in Chiang Mai we get to partake in some of the best – plus a few events […]

Thailand’s creating its own little Burning Man. Back for its fourth and what appears to be its most ambitious year, Wonderfruit Festival  is built on six pillars – arts, music, family, Farm to Feasts, talks & workshops, and wellness & adventures –  all of which are designed to follow its ethos of using the event as […]

Living in Chiang Mai means I haven’t stayed in many hotels in Chiang Mai. So when people ask for recommendations, I tend to give the same several answers based off of a couple stays or where I put up family over the years. But there are over 1,600 properties listed on Agoda alone…so many options! […]

A common thing I hear from people who have first come to Chiang Mai is that they eat healthier and get in more fruits and vegetables over here than their home. While there are certainly TONS of fresh fruits all year round and fruit shake stands on every corner, I find that I tend to […]

It’s a trap I easily fall into whenever I’m in one place for a long time. I stop exploring. I get stuck in a routine of doing the same things, going to the same places and see the same people…even if I know there’s still more to discover. When it comes to exploring Chiang Mai, […]

It’s no secret I adore Chiang Mai’s coffee scene. It’s mind boggling the number of cafes that have sprung up here over the past several years and the trend doesn’t seem to be stopping. Apparently, my love for Chiang Mai’s cafes and years of research have paid off as I was asked to create an […]

The first year I lived in Chiang Mai I saw a documentary that looked at a few permaculture communities across Asia and India.  I had never heard of the concept or knew such communities existed and was particularly inspired since two of the communities profiled in the film were located just a couple hours outside […]

It’s amazing how a simple uniform can change your impression of someone. Sure the slum school in Jaipur that I visited with Yogamour Global was small and dingy, a (barely)two-room structure housing nearly 50 students, but all the kids were clean, seemingly happy though a little shy, and dressed in button up shirts, slacks and skirts. […]