For better or worse, likely the latter, I’m addicted to coffee again. In Cambodia, I’ve been drinking precisely one smooth cup in a café every morning for the last two weeks. For many of us humans, caffeine is an elixir, while to some
Tag: Thailand
![Bills of various currency: Vietnamese Dong, Thai Baht, Cambodian Rial, Lao Kip and US Dollars.](https://earthdrifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Feature-Money-Budget-1200-X-635-ish.jpg)
I often get the question: How do you travel for so long between jobs? When I begin to answer, I realize it’s not so cut and dried. There are at least 10 ideas that want to jump out of my mouth simultaneously. So
![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
![Room with a view at the InTouch Guesthouse, Vientiane, Laos 15 dollar room](https://earthdrifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Room-With-View-InTouch-Guesthouse-Resized.jpg)
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
![The White Temple or Wat Rong Khun in Chiang Rai, Thailand](https://earthdrifter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Resized-White-Temple-Wat-Rong-Khun-2.jpg)
The smallish city of Chiang Rai, not to be confused with its bigger cousin of Chiang Mai, (187 km south), is a good city for temple drifting and coffee sipping. During a week in this laid-back town, I walked to places of interest.
![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,