Sleeping with the Spiders Thai Style
My brother Adam and I are outside of a row of guesthouses on Soi Ram Butri, about a block off of Khao San Road in Bangkok, in search of bargain accommodation. We are feeling the heavy humidity and heat and are eager to get some relief. We can see multiple other red-faced tourists, many from…
Good Things Come to Those Who Wait
I’m sitting in my car parked behind my apartment building around a quarter past 7 in the morning. I take a pause and reflect on the day of work I have ahead of me. I had gotten up at 6am to ready myself for my 8am shift at the printing factory where I do manual…
Lunch in Trastevere and the Italian Kool-Aid Man
Standing on the cobblestones, there is loud rock blaring and a crowd of watchers have gathered to take in the young Italians putting on an impromptu concert that is building to a crescendo. I am with my sister Jennifer and her husband Kyle in the Trastevere neighbourhood and we are steps from the shore of…
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