I realize that what I do for a living and my lifestyle is difficult for many people to understand. I don’t quite believe it myself most of the time, and rarely feel like I know what I’m doing so certainly don’t expect other people to get it. But I have noticed that there tends to be two very big […]

This week’s guest post for the ‘Day-to-Day’ series comes from Lucy, a British expat who’s currently working and living on Koh Tao, a small island in Thailand.  Koh Tao Stole My Heart. That’s the translation of the Thai writing lovingly etched in ink on my arm, the meaning of which remains a mystery to any Thai person who tries to read it….’Koh […]

Chiang Mai never ceases to amaze me. As much as I love the region’s scenery, culture and food however, it’s really the people that make it something extra special. People who are simply incredibly kind, generous and open-minded, people who are going after their dreams or passion projects (like this), and people who are working […]

This week’s guest post for the ‘Day-to-Day’ series comes from Katrinka, an American expat who’s currently working and living in Istanbul.  Two and a half years ago, my desire to live abroad and travel brought me to Istanbul without much of a plan. I’d visited the city three times and the initial rush of love gave way to […]

After spending the majority of the past four years in Southeast Asia, I sometimes forget what my “normal” habits, beliefs and routines were like before. I’m still madly in love with Thailand and I appreciate every single day that I get to spend in the country – the temples haven’t lost their charm and the […]

This week’s guest post for the ‘Day-to-Day’ series comes from Cheryl, a Canadian expat who’s currently working and living in Berlin. My day usually starts around 10:00 am when I make my way to work. As I’m not a morning person, the first part of my day is totally fuelled by coffee so I usually grab a flat white from a cute […]

Part of why I love living in Chiang Mai is the fascinating people I’ve been fortunate enough to meet. There’s something about this place that attracts people that are living by their own rules, working on their own projects and truly going after their passions. Many of them also happen to be doing a lot […]

Bangkok is a city of extremes. You can see luxury apartments next to metal shacks, 5-star dining establishments across from cheap street food, a constant change between hot humid air and freezing cold AC, decorative Buddhist temples down the street from strip clubs…Bangkok has it all. Because of this, the city is one of the […]

Let me first say that I wear Thai fisherman’s pants on a daily basis. I always have a nice sheen going because I’m always sweating to some degree, I never try and fix my hair because I’m just going to put a helmet over it anyway, my clothes now often have white dog hair clinging […]

The overcast skies and cool mistiness of the mountains were a welcome change from the hellishly hot temperatures – 113 degrees! – of Bagan. After being dropped off near the famous Inle Lake in the Shan Hills of Burma around 3:30 in the morning (we were glad to already have accommodation booked) we didn’t really know […]