When I tell you where I ate my 10 best durians of the year, I’m telling you a story about me. “Best durian” are deeply personal. They’re where I was and what I was doing and what was important to me when I ate them. This post, The 10 Best Durian of 2017 is essentially […]
What’s in My Bag? SE Asia backpacking travel list after 6 Years
I’ve been living out of two backpacks for 6 years now, and my bag is definitely my home. Sharing what’s in there is kind of like showing you the insides of my bedroom. It’s intimate. But I’ve also developed a system over the years that I think you might find helpful, which is why I’m inviting […]
9 Lessons Learned Eating Durian That Have Made Me A Happier Person
I am a happier person because of durian. I don’t mean the immediate endorphin glow of a particularly good Kun Poh variety — durian lovers you know what I’m talking about. I mean my life these days is generally better than Life Before Durian (LBD). I’ve been trying to think about why, and I think […]
10 Tips To Travel and Eat Loads of Durian On a Small Budget
“It must be nice to be privately wealthy,” said the Australian woman on the other end of the phone. I was calling to interview her about her durian farm, and had just explained that Rob and I really did spend a year in Asia traveling to eat and explore durian. Her comment made me pause. […]
Durian Travel | 9 Out of the Way Places to Have a Durian Adventure
I’m the first to admit that a taste of good durian – the luscious, rich butter-smooth-chocolate kind – is excuse enough to cross continents. Sometimes though, the travel itself is just as much what we’re craving as the durian. There’s a certain draw to the hidden corners of the world not yet bombarded by tourism, […]
Long Term in Sri Lanka: The Negatives | Travel Tips
This is the second post in a two part series talking about the pros and cons of living or traveling long term in Sri Lanka. Rob and I moved there in April, with the intention of staying for either six months, a year, or forever. Obviously that didn’t work out. Yesterday I posted all the […]
Sri Lanka Long-Term: The Positives | Travel Tips
In July, I announced that we were leaving Sri Lanka. I promised in that post that I would share our experiences as foreigners interested in purchasing land and settling, in Sri Lanka long-term. Since then, I’ve had a lot of emails reminding me that I need to do this. So here’s a list of all […]
A Very Durian Border Crossing: Hat Lek/Koh Kong
It’s pretty well established that crossing overland into Cambodia is asking to get ripped off. Whether it’s bogus visa sellers, fake quarantine tents, artificially elevated transport prices or corrupt officials, somebody’s getting more cash than they should. I remembered that Rob and I had a little trouble last year when we took the Ban Pakard/Prum […]
