Once in a while I get the question: What’s your favorite country? My answer has typically been:, the exact place I was in, or the last new country I had drifted to. Sheer newness elevates optimism. Fresh surroundings breed content and enhanced excitement.
Category: Food
Delightfully delicious, mostly vegan cuisine from around the earth.
![Lots of luxurisouly thick sand, buildings, people, cloudy sky, sea and hills at the urban My An Beach in Danang, central Vietnam](https://earthdrifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/09/Urban-City-Beach-Resized-Feature.jpg)
Wide sidewalks, yet long blocks, make Danang a pleasant alternative to Hanoi’s cluttered streets and practically endless buzzing traffic. Hanoi’s Old Quarter thrives in organized chaos while Danang seems to prosper without this potentially-perceived pandemonium. Danang has a wide, luxuriously-long, soft-sandy beach. It
![A view of UNESCO Luang Prabang and the Nam Khan River from atop Phusi Hill in north central Laos.](https://earthdrifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Sunrise-Nam-Khan-Feature-Resized.jpg)
Laos is a land to love. It’s an earth space that can have you feeling like you’ve stepped back in time, while simultaneously, the country is developing at a moderate pace. I don’t believe that Laos is well-known to most of the eight-billion-plus
![Wat Toong Shetthi on the outskirts of Khon Kaen, Thailand](https://earthdrifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Toong-Setthi-Temple-in-Khon-Kaen.jpg)
I found to my pleasant surprise that Khon Kaen, Thailand is a city of unknown world wonders. The above Thung Sethi has been compared to the Taj Majal. It’s certainly not that, as this architectural astonishment isn’t recognized on a world scale. Only
![Dumplings for sale at a night market in Chiang Mai, Thailand. From post: Thai Sounds With Food Words: Memory Enhancement Through Imagination](https://earthdrifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Night-Market-Scene-in-Chiang-Mai-1.jpg)
After virtual teleportation up and across the grand globe, and finally touching down in Southeast Asia’s humongous hub of Bangkok, I was unsurprisingly bombarded with the Thai language. Bangkok is a city of around 15 million people, so there’s no shortage of eavesdropping
![The map on the seat back in front of me on a long haul flight from JFK to HK.](https://earthdrifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Flying-Over-Alaska-Resized.jpg)
Traveling across the earth threw me for a loop. There was not a thought about being on the receiving end of extreme jet lag. When traveling across time zones, odd fatigue and not being able to sleep at night are often a given,
![Food veggies on display at a night market in Khon Kaen, Isaan, Thailand](https://earthdrifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/Veggies-For-Salad-Resized-For-Post.jpg)
I don’t have a weight problem; however, my organs don’t respond well to compromised food; that which is processed, overcooked, burnt, or synthetic. I wish to keep the carbohydrate intake low and the raw, plant-oriented fruit and vegetable absorption high. It looks easy