We drove along in the rental car, fellow locals surprised when they saw that Greg was in the driver’s seat, switching from a bewildered facial expression to surprise and joy. Greg was decked out in traditional Hawaiian regalia and I was wearing a lei he’d made from a giant leaf. It’s for good luck, and […]
Magical Iceland: How It Looks to Set Foot in Narnia
That we leave our homes, that we step through our doors to the world, that we travel our whole lives not because we want to collect exotic T-shirts, […] but because it has the power to renew us—not the guarantee, not the promise, just the possibility. Because there are places our imaginations can never construct […]
Dali is the Pai of China
I’ve sung Pai in northern Thailand’s praises until I was blue in the face. Whenever anyone asks me where my favorite place in Southeast Asia is, I answer, “Pai,” without even needing to stop and think about it. There’s so much to love about that hippie town, full of dreadlocked, tattooed, and pierced residents and visitors. […]
8 Reasons Why I’m so Hopelessly in Love with Pai
Pai, just a few hours outside of Thailand’s second biggest city, Chiang Mai, is a hippie oasis I’ve been dreaming about ever since I left. I had visited for 5 days almost exactly a year before, and had loved it so much that it made my very short list of places I just had to […]
Words Cannot Describe the White Temple in Chiang Rai
Day 71 But I’m going to try to use them to describe it anyways. Along with some photos. Those tend to help. The White Temple in Chiang Rai, Thailand, has been on my bucket list ever since the first time I laid eyes on photos of it. It looked incredible, and also artsy and creepy, […]