Observations on pace, work, and experience.
At 53, most people expect life to become more settled. Mine looks almost the opposite. As I write this, I’m living in Southeast Asia. At the moment, that means Bangkok. My suitcase sits in the corner of the room, slightly messy and probably right on the airline’s weight limit for my next flight. A camera […]
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Every traveler seems to be searching for the same thing. A place that still feels authentic. A place that hasn’t been discovered yet. A place that hasn’t changed. The irony, of course, is that places often change because people discover them. The café becomes popular. The neighborhood becomes fashionable. The quiet beach appears on social
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Most digital nomads spend a lot of time searching for the perfect place. Faster internet. Better cafés. More coworking spaces. More restaurants. More activities. More options. The assumption is usually the same. More is better. After spending a month on Nusa Lembongan, I started wondering if the opposite might sometimes be true. What if a
Is Nusa Lembongan a Good Place for Digital Nomads Over 50? Read More »
Most travel begins the same way. We arrive somewhere new. We look around. We take photographs. We film videos. We visit the places we came to see. We eat the local food, if we dare. And then we move on. There is nothing wrong with that. Observing is part of travel. In many ways, it
What Bali Taught Me About Visiting and Participating Read More »
Some places energize you. Others slow you down. Nusa Lembongan did something different. It lowered the volume. Not just around me. Inside me. When I first arrived, I noticed the obvious things. The beaches. The clear water. The small roads crossing the island. The slower pace compared to many parts of Bali. But looking back,
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When people talk about slowing down, they usually talk about doing less. Working less. Travelling slower. Spending more time in one place. Staying in Sidemen made me think it might be something else. Because what stayed with me wasn’t the slower pace. It was what became visible once the pace slowed down. Like many visitors
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Bali is one of the most talked-about destinations in the world. Spend enough time online, and you’ll quickly form a picture of what Bali is supposed to be. Beach clubs. Traffic. Scooters. Digital nomads. Influencers. Luxury villas. And to be fair, all of those things exist. I saw them too. The interesting thing is that
The Bali Everyone Talks About Wasn’t the Part That Stayed With Me Read More »
Introduction Most travel content is written during the honeymoon phase. The first few days. The excitement. The novelty. The first impressions. But places change once you settle into them. Or perhaps more accurately: Your relationship with them changes. I spent a few weeks in Penang. Long enough for the novelty to wear off. Long enough
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The part of travel no one plans for Most people travel with a list. Temples.Museums.Landmarks.Eat this, try that.Top 10 things to see. And you should. I still do it. But somewhere along the way, something changed. The big moments don’t stay with me the way they used to. The small ones do. The moments you
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Opening Frame I decided to walk across the Yellow Bridge, between Lembongan and Ceningan Island today. Not because I had to.Just didn’t feel like sitting on the back of a motorcycle again. My legs were a bit sore, from sitting there all day driving on bumby roads.And I felt like slowing things down. The Shift
The Boat Between Two Islands Read More »