I’m writing this while watching the sun rise over the sea in Phuket, Thailand. I’m gazing at the bright stars and listening to the waves. My bird friends have started awakening – including a rooster in the far distance 🙂 . Welcome to Thailand! Continue reading “The Month Of Thailand: February 2022 Recap”
So I wasn’t originally going to write a post about this experience, but I found the small differences of how spas work in the US compared to Thailand interesting and wanted to give people a heads up in case they were interested in going to one. I also enjoyed this experience so much that wanted to share it with y’all and even semi-jokingly told my Mom that we should come to Thailand whenever we want to go to the spa since we can travel hack biz class flights for $20 to get here in style. Continue reading “A Day At A Spa In Thailand: Wyndham Grand Phuket Zana Spa Review”
Welcome back! Last week we went through my 19 hour flight from JFK to Singapore and today we’re finishing up the journey. Here’s what happened next:
Continue reading “Review: Singapore Air 737 MAX Business Class AKA “The Throne””
It was February 2020 and Young Purple was naive 🙂 . As the world started to shut down, my Mom and I were discussing a trip to Thailand we had been planning for years that was going to take place in February 2021. As of February 2020 (when we had no idea that this pandemic would last more than two years), we decided to start booking our trip. Continue reading “Review: The World’s Longest Flight – 19 Hours In Singapore Air Business Class”
Hello from Thailand! We made it safely across the pond to our first international destination since 2019 and are having a great time settling in. Getting here was understandably a whole process during a pandemic. Getting all the documents ready for this trip took up a lot of my and my Mom’s time over the last few months, but it was all worth it! Continue reading “How To Get A Thai Visa & The Thailand Pass Entry Process In The Age Of Covid”
A theme has emerged since I started doing these Slow Travel Reviews: I need to have less assumptions and be more open, and living in Santa Fe, New Mexico for the month, continued to drive this lesson home. Because Santa Fe is in the Southwest I assumed it was:
Continue reading “Slow Travel Review: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA – The Land Of Chili Peppers”
Throughout the year, I like to jot down new things I’ve learned, read, watched and experienced to try and remember what each year entailed. I then summarize all of that in my annual goals and accomplishments posts. The goal of these posts is not just to curate what I’ve been up to, but also to document how I have changed from one year to the next and how I have grown as a person. Continue reading “The Year Of Flexibility: 2021 Goals & Accomplishments”
Well, somehow I’m in Year 2 of retirement. That’s fucking weird 🙂 . In the same vein, 2022 is almost here. Basically time is a strange beast that I don’t understand. I’ve been busy here retelling the story of my career and writing up my normal annual posts, so we’re only getting into what I did in November now. Sorry for the delay 🙂 . Let’s see what I got up to:
Continue reading “The Month Of Santa Fe: November 2021 Recap”