Gunung Brinchang, Cameron Highlands, Malaysia – 2012 While in Georgetown we met a guy named Merlin who told us to check out the Cameron Highlands. I had wanted to go there already but his descriptions made it a priority. On…
Khao Sok National Park, Thailand – 2012 An awesome trip to an unnaturally awesome natural land. Khao Sok National Park is a rainforest in southern Thailand. This was one of the most interesting natural places I have ever been and…
Georgetown, Penang, Malaysia – 2012 While leaving Perhentian Kecil we met a couple who was traveling to the opposite side of the country. We quickly analyzed our options and decided it would be fun to travel with someone else for…
Perhentian Kecil and Kota Bharu, Malaysia – 2012 From Kota Bharu Shawna and I took a bus to Kuala Besut, then a half-hour boat ride from Kuala Besut to Perhentian Kecil, a little baby island off the east coast of…
Suzhou, China (中国, 苏州) – 2011 This one time I met a guy in a Starbucks in Shanghai. I could tell he was a photographer by the way he looked at me. He had a paper shopping bag next to…
I typically set six alarms for important events. Naturally, this idea frequently backfires and creates needless anxiety for me…. The vegetable truck leaves at noon—there’s no way we are going to sleep until noon. There’s also no way my paranoia…
