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Good or Bad Trauma? What Happened Towards the End of a Fuzzy-Feeling Massage

July 31, 2023April 21, 2024 Michael Green

A drifting mantra of mine is Wellness. In southeast Asia I get to take advantage of affordable saunas (herbal steam). I’ll happily take whichever I can get. It’s called a sauna when in essence it’s an herbal steam, just semantics. While steam facilities

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A menu in Spanish in Panama
Language Motivation

How to Make Language Learning Easy

June 27, 2023April 20, 2024 Michael Green

On foot in Panama City, I ordered a fruit shake from a drive through window. I was charged for, and got four huge shakes in styrofoam cups. I thought my Spanish was functional. I was on a tight budget, yet had no choice

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At the small night market in Luang Namtha, Laos - How to Haggle in Developing Countries
Budget Culture

How to Haggle in Developing Countries

June 13, 2023April 18, 2024 Michael Green

Buying and haggling in most Asian and other developing countries can be a different experience compared to in Europe and North America. Away from shopping malls, stores, and street food stalls, getting used to haggling in the developing world is something we have

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People and a fruit cart outside in Paksong, Laos. From the post: "Why Learning Numbers Abroad is a Great Idea"
Budget Language Motivation

Why Learning Numbers Abroad is a Great Idea

May 28, 2023April 18, 2024 Michael Green

When drifting in a land not one’s own, it behooves a visitor to take time to think about why learning numbers abroad is a great idea, along with the phrase: How much? Some vagabonds will disagree, as I’ve observed the majority assume that

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Boundary rock.
Budget Culture

Visiting The Khon Kaen National Museum

May 6, 2023April 16, 2024 Michael Green

Visiting the Khon Kaen National Museum in central Isaan, Thailand, implements an interesting look into yesteryear. Archaeology museums give a glimpse into the past by way of time travel. Why not engage the mind in a museum? That was my impromptu mantra when

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The view from above the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Vat Phu in Champasak, southern Laos.
Budget Culture Nature Spirituality Transport

Khmer Hindu Time Travel at the Ruins of Vat Phu

April 11, 2023April 16, 2024 Michael Green

The ruins and grounds of Vat Phu, in Champasak, Laos, are a uniquely aesthetic and ancient Khmer Hindu site. Like many vintage earth spaces, strolling around and absorbing the open-air energy and its ancestral remnants, provides for great pondering. How different was life

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View of the wide Mekong River in Pakse, southern Laos
Budget Language Spirituality

Peaceful Pakse on the Calm Mekong

March 16, 2023April 15, 2024 Michael Green

I’ve been in peaceful Pakse on the calm Mekong for three weeks, with nine days before the 30-day Lao visa expires. The original, but loose plan was to stay in Pakse for the full, in-country time allotment. However, during the first few days,

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Wat Toong Shetthi on the outskirts of Khon Kaen, Thailand
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Khon Kaen: A City of Unknown Wonders

February 15, 2023April 14, 2024 Michael Green

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

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Room with a view at the InTouch Guesthouse, Vientiane, Laos 15 dollar room
Budget Transport

How I Traveled From Laos To Thailand for Under Three Dollars

January 13, 2023April 13, 2024 Michael Green

It was day 30. Time was up on my Lao stamp validity. The wonderful woman at the In Touch Guesthouse in Vientiane said she could get me a door-to-door drop off from the guesthouse, all the way to the customs office in Nong

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Buddhist-style architecture at Vat Sensoukharam in Luang Prabang, Laos.
Culture Spirituality

Infinite Earth Art: Temples of Luang Prabang

January 1, 2023April 12, 2024 Michael Green

Temple gazing has never been high on my travel to-do list. Like so many people drifting in SE Asia, I’ve taken the following stance: Another temple. How many temples can I see? However, as humans, we have the open-minded ability to change views

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