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I spent a day circumnavigating Penang by moped, discovering that this UNESCO-listed island contains genuine cultural complexity built from centuries of Chinese,…
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I discovered that the real beauty of Ao Nang lies not in the town itself, but in the limestone-carved islands and hidden…
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After six months of solo travel across Asia, I discovered that the freedom to make every decision alone becomes exhausting in ways…
ReadI discovered that in every pharmacy across Southeast Asia, the skincare aisles tell a story about beauty standards rooted in centuries of…
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I discovered that Thailand's famous islands reveal entirely different versions of themselves depending on where you look—from the overwhelming crowds at Phi…
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I spent six months moving through twelve Asian countries, and what that journey gave me was not enlightenment but something more practical:…
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I visited Bangkok four times during my Southeast Asia travels, and while I found myself in the minority of travellers not entirely…
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I walked past the Myanmar embassy while listening to Aung San Suu Kyi's smuggled recordings, too absorbed in her words to notice…
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I spent three weeks in Kuala Lumpur finishing my dissertation at the excellent BackHome hostel, watching the Petronas Towers prove Malaysia's emergence…
ReadOne hundred days in, sitting in a café somewhere in Southeast Asia with a coffee and the particular kind of
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