I left out one detail from my previous post, “3 Crazy Days in Koh Phangan.” His name is Franco. How should I introduce Franco… By my third night on the famous party island, I was beat. My friends Bailey and Ada were still enjoying the music and the sweaty dancing, so I left them to… Continue reading Interview with Franco, from Argentina
Month: March 2014
Experiencing Cambodia
One thing is universal. Everyone smiles at children. No matter our race, gender, or even our mood. When children laugh and play in front of us, we smile. Especially when they smile at us first. And so let me tell you what I love about Cambodia. It’s children. When they run naked chasing each other… Continue reading Experiencing Cambodia
Failed Attempts, Fresh Perspectives
“It’s like flying underwater,” a friend once told me of scuba diving. Flying amongst all the corals, the exotic fish, and the fluorescent colors… Of course, I was excited to try it for myself! And what better place to do it than Koh Tao, Thailand, one of cheapest places in the world to make your… Continue reading Failed Attempts, Fresh Perspectives
3 Crazy Nights in Koh Phangan
Initially, I had planned to avoid Koh Phangan and the Full Moon party entirely. I thought, “It’s gonna be a shit show and I’m just too old for it.” Most of my friends from high school and college are waking up 5 days a week and taking their kids to school before work. And here… Continue reading 3 Crazy Nights in Koh Phangan
Question 1: What Makes You Feel Loved?
As I began working on my video series for the “3 Questions Project,” I ran into some inevitable challenges. Realizing that 3 questions with each person ends up being longer than an episode of How I Met Your Mother and inevitably longer than most people have the attention span for, I opted to modify my… Continue reading Question 1: What Makes You Feel Loved?
Connections
When traveling you form connections with people you would have likely never met in your “other life”. (Yes, it’s my other life now.) Sometimes I imagine another version of myself is still there behind a computer in downtown San Francisco, waiting for that 5 o’clock hour and an evening of Tae Kwon Do or guitar… Continue reading Connections
Abundance
A few days ago some friends and I enjoyed a gorgeous day of beach hopping. Tom, Nick, Bailey and I rented two scooters and cruised down south to Klong Nin and Klong Nui, two of Koh Lanta’s most beautiful beaches. I was truly struck by the wealth of natural beauty and resources that Thailand possesses,… Continue reading Abundance
Amanda in Asia 