The friends trip to India had been a long time coming, but 2019 was the year that it finally became reality. Mohit was planning to go back to India for several weeks for his mom’s 60th birthday party and to
Delhi
February 9, 2020
Koh Lipe
June 30, 2019
Tucked away in the very southern portion of Thailand, near the border with Malaysia, lies Koh Lipe, a formerly hidden gem among Thailand’s world-famous islands. The island has seen an increase in development and tourism in recent years, but still
Singapore
June 30, 2019
Sitting nearly on the equator, Singapore is just as tropical and steamy as the rest of Southeast Asia, but its first-world status is very different from its neighbors and even puts America to shame in many respects. It gets a
Singapore, Koh Lipe, and Bangkok
January 28, 2019
Singapore The plan with Lummi was that I would go to Singapore a few days before her, so I flew across the Pacific, arrived on a Saturday afternoon, and subsequently had a Welcome to Singapore, bitch moment when I got trapped
Taipei
December 17, 2018
Early on a Monday morning, I slept as much as I could, checked out of my Hong Kong airport hotel, and bounced over quickly to the airport for my flight. (Proximity to the airport for this flight was another reason
Hong Kong (ABGT300)
December 9, 2018
For at least six years now, I’ve nearly religiously listened to Group Therapy, the weekly radio show from dance trio Above & Beyond. Every 50 episodes – so, once a year – they put on a big show somewhere in
Sayulita
May 2, 2018
This was an unconventional trip for me, so a bit of backstory is probably necessary. Before planning this year’s Coachella weekend with friends, I got the idea firmly planted in my head that I wanted to have a beach holiday
Goodbye Again
March 9, 2018
Another year, another trip to Southeast Asia, another NYE weekend in Bangkok. Unfortunately for us, both Nock and I came down with colds after leaving the island, so the weekend was a bit more sedate than I’m used to. The
Koh Phi-Phi
March 9, 2018
Throughout 2017, I had occasionally kept in touch with my friend Nock, who I had met last year while I was in Vientiane. Once I knew I was definitely going back to Southeast Asia for this trip, I told her and we
Saigon
February 19, 2018
The train ride from Mui Ne to Saigon was par for the course for the developing world: people selling weird foods, a disgusting toilet, and really pretty scenery to watch for hours. After arriving at the train station, we hopped