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My Experiences Flying During COVID
I moved from California to Michigan in February 2020, a months after the president heard about COVID but a month before the country shut down. With a sick dad, I found myself flying…
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Koh Samui: the Places to See & the Things To Do
Thailand’s second biggest island, Koh Samui has a little bit of everything. It’s a bit on the pricey side, popular among the higher end Thai tourists. A mountainous, jungle environment in the middle,…
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6 Relaxing Things To Do in Kep, Cambodia
On the coast of rarely-explored Cambodia lies the sleepy town of Kep. During the colonial period of the early 20th century, Kep was a favorite of the French elite. Once Cambodia became independent, it became…
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Kickin’ it in Kampot: 10 Things To Do
Kampot used to fly under the radar. It used to be the place you’d only hear about from fellow travelers. There wasn’t much written about it. I wasn’t convinced about going there until…
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Go to Battambang & What to Do There
After a week in tourist-flooded Siem Reap, I wasn’t so sure what I thought about Cambodia. The temples in Siem Reap were impressive in their own right, but the flood of tourists wiped…
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Bare Hand Fishing at the Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival
Northeast of Seoul, about 20 km from the border of North Korea, is the city of Hwacheon, where at the Hwacheon Sancheoneo Ice Festival you can fish through a hole in the ice,…
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Peace Corps Ruined Travel for Me, But I’d Do It Again in an Instant
I served as a Peace Corps volunteer from 2010-2012 in Ukraine, and if I’m talking to fellow Peace Corps volunteers, they know what that means. I don’t have to explain what an amazing,…
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The Legend of Korea’s Haesindang Penis Park
Before I even moved to Korea I heard about a one of a kind place referred to in the western world as “penis park”. My friends sent me links to it that showed up…
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Three Hours at a South Korean Love Hotel
I’ve driven by their flashy neon lights along the highways on Jeju Island, and walked past them in the middle of the city in Seoul. I’ve been curious how the Korean love hotel…
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Why I Decided to Eat Meat After 25 Years of Being Vegetarian
Most of the people in my life have always known me to be a vegetarian. We’ve never shared a hamburger or a meat-lovers pizza, never gorged on chili cheese fries or all-you-can-eat sushi.…
