Throughout my few years of travel, I’ve learned a lot of interesting things: pineapples grow in the ground. Smile innocently at your waiter in Italy and you’ll get free drinks whether you wanted them or not. In the Costa Rican forest, that huge thing you think is a tree is technically a vine. Jaguars will [...]
Dear Mr. Scorsese, Have I got a movie for you! Raging Bull 2! It’s the perfect opportunity for you to avenge Robert Redford’s blasphemous 1980 Oscar win for Ordinary People, a chance for you to revisit your greatest cinematic triumph, a chance for you to visit Thailand, and a chance for you to hire me [...]
Perhaps when you hear “Bangkok,” you think of sprawling, bustling urbanity. Perhaps you think of up-and-coming metropolitan glamour, of shopping and nightlife. Maybe you think of massages, culinary delights, criminal exchange rates, and sexual puns. That’s all fine. Let me tell you what you’ll really do if you come to Bangkok. Lean in close; it’s [...]