I love airports (Thailand) August 20, 2023 At airports, we shout into our phones and linger at the café selfishly long after finishing our drinks. And still, we strike up conversations with Food from Burma in Bangkok (Thailand) June 4, 2023 When I miss the world, I go to Bangkok. Bangkok has the widest range of budget international food in Asia. You can find Afghan, Ethiopian, Yemeni, Apple shop names (Cambodia) April 3, 2023 Apple shops in Cambodia have such cute names A return to the North (Thailand) March 20, 2023 I hadn’t planned on returning to northern Thailand anytime soon, but being in Vientiane late last year made me miss Chiang Mai. There’s something New Year’s Day (Japan) January 1, 2023 On New Year’s Day, we visit the neighborhood shrine to seek blessings for the new year. People come to the shrine to draw their fortunes. Though I Million elephants and the fastest train (Laos) January 1, 2023 I am writing postcards in Lao PDR. The postcards feature elephants. The stamp features the new high-speed train. In school, we learnt about Lao as The neighbor (Vietnam) December 22, 2022 The neighbor always greeted me with a “hello, teacher” and a smile. I was her ChatGPT as she always had questions for me— about travel, and Alley kids in Vientiane (Laos) December 10, 2022 In 2001, when I walked down a small alley in Laos, the children paused their play and walked with me till the end of the alley, all the time asking I love Hanoi, but only in the winters (Vietnam) December 5, 2022 Some of my favorite places to hang out in Hanoi: Click on the names for the Google map location. Xofa cafe 👉 A week in Mangalore (India) November 19, 2022 Things seen in Mangalore, the west coast of India Next page