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น่า สนุกดี   naa F  sa L  nook L  dee M    [noun]  Essentially a translation of when someone watched me properly eat fried fish and boiled egg and chili paste with my hands and conveyed, as far as my friend translated after a few beers and sips of homemade whiskey.. "It feels good inside when I talk to you." Now, that is quite the most hopelessly romantic thing a very youthful looking 65 year-old man has said to me, but even moreso the highest compliment I've ever heard a farang receive. Now I have spent far too long in the city having far too much fun, but this streak was interrupted these past three weekends when I found myself miles south elbows-deep in cow farms and backroads to waterfalls and ponds and secret gardens. I began going to a friend's family home in Prachuap Khirikan, near Hua Hin. This trip was the first time I had seen ocean since I left California back in July. That absence has been painsta...

I write this with the hopes of inspiring more than just your travel plans. ​ Somewhere near Chinatown It quite clear that I have travelled to some unbeknownst places and have been able to capture some extraordinary photos, friends, and bruises along the way. The way I have gotten on these planes are an almagation of factors that are beyond mine or your control but the way I experience these places and get those photos are through a set of survival preparations, tricks, adaptations, and mutations easy enough to adopt. ​ Golden Mount     Lotus fruit Late nights in a Thai bar In combination with my youthful frugality, my socialism, and guidance from God himself, the biggest factor that tows me down unpaved roads and to unseen heavens is my over-eagerness to say yes. With politeness and safety at the forefront of my mind, “yes” is following close behind. It opens doors and it gets you off your feet. It’s gets your sweaty, dirty...