The world is the world, what's happening is what's happening. The only variable are my emotions, which are entirely under my control. Accepting the rain shower dampening my plans for today. Today I will watch the rain and listen to it with peace. Accepting my stomach ache. I'm sure my body will get used to the new food in a few days. Accepting my laziness. Accepting the fact that I don't want to write that much right now. The world is perfect, and it is l...

The whistle blew and I was off. Stuffing 12 rice cakes in my mouth at once. I have watched Hot Dog eating contests so I knew I had to drink water to soften the rice cakes. People were gathered around cheering excitedly, and it seemed like I was making great progress. I was tied about halfway through the contest. I was suffering, the cakes were cutting the roof of my mouth, but I had to keep going. That's when I heard the cheers for the 1st and 2nd place cont...

Pookie and I went to Koh Payam for 4 days. I guess it was the beginning of low season because we were the only ones on the whole beach. We had an entire bay to ourselves. Beautiful sunsets, delicious food and fun motorbike rides through the jungley interior of the island. Please don't tell any about Koh Payam because it might end up like every other island in Thailand (overcrowded, expensive and touristy). Now I'm off to Northeast Thailand for the Phi Ta Ko...

This time in Bangkok I wanted to find more details that I enjoyed about the city. There is still so much that I don't like. But, here are some things that I appreciated. 1.) The availability of fresh fruit everywhere and really cheap 2.) Thai Food is so delicious and they have so much diversity of flavors and dishes 3.) Chinatown - great neighborhood The food is achingly spicy, to the point that it hurts to eat it sometimes. I can eat any Mexican food with...

Leaving Nepal was really hard, as my two friends were shedding tears as I went to board the plane to Bangkok. But, I will never forget my time here. The last few days provided plenty of excitement and laughter to last until my next journey here. "Hurry up, let's go" said Binod, Badri's brother, not giving me time to even put on my belt for my shorts and I was wisked out of the house. I have been staying with their family for the past 10 days, they w...