"Whats Next?" is a big question that's been driving me forward for a while now. Sometimes you can provide the answer, but most times you cant and the universe decides on your behalf. For me, circumstances back home have aligned unexpectedly to give me a small window to return and cut short my year of … Continue reading reframe…
Category: lost in chiang mai
rain…
Its been almost 24 hours of solid rain here in Chiang Mai and my third soaking by traffic this morning alone. It appears inevitable that no matter what I do today, I will get soaked. Just as well that I wore the fancy swimming shorts. I hadn't even had my first coffee of the day … Continue reading rain…
…Cows! Pt 2
With an apocalyptic crack and a blinding flash a bolt of lightning hit the town dead centre of the tourist district and everything went dark. It was like a bomb had gone off - all shop lights, neon lights, ATMs, music, even the streetlights blinked out: only the gas and charcoal cookers from the food … Continue reading …Cows! Pt 2
…Cows! Pt 1.
Lets backtrack a little. Last year Jen and I had a car accident in the Far North of Australia, during our last Big Aussie Road trip in November. A cow decided to commit suicide and jump in front of our van one evening. Van was a write off, 100km from the nearest town - Halls … Continue reading …Cows! Pt 1.
Life rafts
Chiang Mai is great but I'm craving a change. As domestic flights in Thailand are relatively cheap, I've decided to head south - it's more of a timeliness thing and goes against my "by ground" travel plans , but 12 hours in an overnight bus was just to risky, despite the price. So for the princely … Continue reading Life rafts
Bump in
Crazy coincidences make travel so unexpected and fun. This a rambling tale but bear with it. Yesterday I travelled up to Chiang Dao, Northern Thailand - about 50km from the Burma border and just simply stunning mountains, rice paddy's and lush dense jungles. Imagine the Warrumbungles covered in dense jungle and tropical rainforest, veiled by … Continue reading Bump in
Nevermore
So 2014...that's when it started for me. There's a lot of history but let's start here. I'm going to overshare so trigger warning here if you are grieving. 2014 : L and I were engaged after an exciting, intense relationship. All was going well as these things do but we'd had some major setbacks. We'd … Continue reading Nevermore
So…Monday
activity is my heroin
Settling in
So now I have wheels and another roof over my head. After procuring a scooter at a decent months rate (2500 baht, which isn't bad), braving the regular 5pm downpour and getting rather soaked, I was feeling pretty damn good. How could I not? Zooming though the bustling streets of the Old City of Chiang Mai with … Continue reading Settling in
Hot
Short and sweet today. Change Mai is like a Thai version of Ubud. A humid hot version but my God its so good to be in this part of the world again. Its quickly becoming like my other home. My good friend CB picked me up from the airport this morning, reoriented me and introduced … Continue reading Hot
Man Down! 