I romanticize train travel. Always have. I’ve ridden trains before in Thailand, Singapore and South Korea but never an overnight
I didn’t plan Malaysia the way most people do. There was no spreadsheet of tourist attractions, no color-coded timeline. What
April 28, 2026 It started as a regular Tuesday. As a digital nomad, I can work anywhere, but with a
May 2026 In a not-too-hot dimly lit afternoon, after having eaten my Laksa meal at Laksalicious in Penang, I proactively
Overpacking creates a quiet kind of stress. Not the dramatic kind you feel at the airport, but the daily kind.
Burnout does not always arrive loudly. When I first started working while traveling, I expected exhaustion to look dramatic. Missed
Overplanning looks responsible from the outside. Color-coded itineraries. Booked days. A sense of control. But it often creates the very
When I travel slowly, memory behaves differently. It stops organizing itself around highlights. It loosens its grip on chronology. Instead
Some foods stay with me long after the trip ends, but rarely for the reasons people expect. It’s not the
Weekends lie about cities. They’re designed to. A weekend version of a place is curated by urgency. You arrive with