I originally planned on heading straight to Belgrade, Serbia from Bangkok, but while searching for flights I noticed that the cheaper airlines go to Dubai first in the United Arab Emirates. Since I haven’t been there I figured I’ll stop by for a couple of days.
I was there during Ramada (from July 10 to early August). Dubai has very strict rules regarding fasting during this time. Everyone, including tourists/non-Muslims, are not allowed to eat …
I’ve asked people I’d met who had been to Angkor Wat before on how much time they would recommend to set aside to check out the ruins and many said about 3 days. I did some online research as well and learned the same thing: 3-4 days to “properly” see the ruins.
But since I’m not really a big ruins guy, I decided just 1 day would be enough for me.
I arrived in Siem …
I finally reached the point where my passport had only one blank page left, thanks to all these visas taking up an entire page each.
I just got 48 additional pages added to my passport today at the US embassy here in Bangkok. The process took less than an hour, but cost me $82 USD. You can choose to have 1 insert (24 pages) or 2 (48 pages) added. Cost is the same. I …
I spent 2 months in Chiang Mai this year, making this city the most I’ve ever spent time in during my round-the-world trip. I wanted to stay put in one place for a while and get some work done and Chiang Mai seemed like a great place to do it.
It’s a very popular place for digital nomads working on projects for the following reasons:
I came to Chiang Mai without even knowing about this festival called “Songkran.” Songkran is basically Thailand’s New Year’s Day celebration (except it’s 3 days long), and probably the biggest and most famous festival in the country.
It’s officially celebrated on April 13-15, but you can see people celebrating it a day early. You celebrate this festival by throwing water at each other while drinking and partying. From what I’ve heard, Chiang Mai is the …