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Best 5 Low-Key, Expat Friendly Places to Temporarily Live in Thailand

January 10, 2022 by Vanessa Workman Leave a Comment

Expat Friendly Places to Live in Thailand

Traveling through Southeast Asia and overstayed your welcome in one place or another? Here are 5 expat friendly cities in Thailand that may welcome you with open arms. Maybe not the top destinations for expatriates in Thailand, but these less popular locations will give you a sense of community right off the bat. Plus, pretty […]

My Best Travel Hacks For Southeast Asia

December 21, 2018 by Vanessa Workman 8 Comments

In the past couple of years of Southeast Asia budget traveling, I have packed and unpacked so many times I should be an expert by now. But I’m not. Predicting what I might need falls into the ‘Murphy’s Law’ category, which is if I bring it, I won’t need it and if I don’t bring […]

Goosebump Moments from Malaysia and Beyond

April 24, 2018 by Vanessa Workman 26 Comments

Goosebump Moments and Ghost Stories in Malaysia and Beyond

Ghost stories are plentiful in Asia. And many are quite believable. Ghost stories in Malaysia alone are enough to make a believer out of the most skeptical. Mix the modern day it-happened-to-me narratives of ordinary people with cultural beliefs and legends and it does make one wonder which came first; An innate belief in the […]

Best of Singapore: 25 Travel Bloggers’ Top Picks

March 21, 2018 by Vanessa Workman 22 Comments

Few people I know visit Singapore for extended periods of time unless they are working or perhaps pet sitting. In fact, when asking about local sights, I often hear, “Oh, I was only there for a few days, I didn’t get to see much.” I myself have said the same and have the Instagram shots […]

World War 2 Asia, Forgiven Not Forgotten

December 14, 2017 by Vanessa Workman 24 Comments

World War 2 Asia, Forgiven Not Forgotten

Unless a diehard history fan, the average visitor to Asia may not realize the impact that World War 2 and the Japanese Military Forces had on the region. Memories from that not-so-long-ago war are present nearly everywhere. The resilient people of Asia survived horrors which are often not repeated to younger generations of family members, […]

Perils of Pet Sitting, What You Should Know

April 26, 2017 by Vanessa Workman 10 Comments

I’m going on my fifth year of pet sitting in Southeast Asia. I wasn’t even aware that such a thing as pet sitting or house sitting existed in a ‘professional services’ category, until I read a blog about it on the 1 Dad 1 Kid website. I signed up immediately and was an official pet […]

Bed Bugs, the Gift that Keeps on Giving

February 10, 2017 by Vanessa Workman Leave a Comment

Bed Bugs, The Gift that Keeps on Giving

Scientists say that the only living creatures found at, post atomic bombed, Hiroshima were cockroaches. But it wouldn’t surprise me if they possibly overlooked a bed bug or two. If any insect could survive a nuclear attack, I would lay my money on the dreaded bed bugs. As I was sitting down to write a […]

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