Category: Asia
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359 | On the Road Together :: Angkor Wat, Cambodia, 2012
It just so happened that Dru was doing a stint in Tokyo when I quit my job, so I naturally started my around the world trip there. Given his relaxed schedule, we ended up running all over Asia together, meeting up with other friends along the way. We were those annoying tourists doing inappropriate poses…
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357 | On the Road Together :: Sapporo, Japan, 2004
Before I went to Japan, I had never traveled with anyone but my parents, and definitely never traveled by myself. The second day after we landed in Osaka, Lucy convinced me to take me to Hiroshima with her, even though we had never even taken the train before. In that one short year, thanks to…
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355 | We Were Once Strangers :: Sipadan, Malaysia, 2014
My last solo dive trip was to Sipadan, Malaysia, at the recommendation of the same friend who persuaded me to learn diving in the first place. The trip started out a disaster. Through no one’s fault but my own, I missed my connection and had to sleep at the airport, and ended up almost missing…
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354 | We Were Strangers Once :: Guilin, China, 2013
I met Soraya and her then boyfriend on a day trip to the terrace farms in Guilin. She was young and vibrant, eager to learn about Chinese culture and found me to be an interesting intermediary whom she could pose otherwise sensitive questions. Our time together on that trip was short, but we kept in…
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353 | We Were Strangers Once :: Tibet, 2014
As a non-Chinese citizen, getting to Tibet is not easy, so I decided to take that trip before leaving the country. We arrived in Lhasa and joined the rest of our tour group, 3 teachers from an international school in Nanjing and a lone Italian train conductor. There was way more driving than I expected,…
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349 | We Were All Stranger Once :: Koh Tao, Thailand, 2012
When I first started planning my around the world trip, a friend told me I should get a diving certification. Might as well start there! I thought, and made Koh Tao my first destination. In hindsight that was one of the best decisions I ever made. Things started off well. I met a really cute…
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332 | Shoes :: Palawan, Philippines, 2013
My $2 neon bright flip flops has been on no less than 20 amazing beaches all over Southeast Asia, Australia, and New Zealand.
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329 | Shoes :: Shanghai, China, 2013
Found on the floor at a Warhol exhibit. Very fitting at the time.
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324 | Sleeping :: Shanghai, China, 2013
He looks like a school boy sleeping after classes, but I’m pretty sure this was after a pretty intense night of partying 😀