I was in India for 2 months and was looking at the price of medication and found that insulin was dirt cheap in comparison to what I had paid for it in Canada. I was wondering how much it would cost to get a yellow fever vaccination because it was one of the most expensive …
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I’ve come to realize that I am a really bad tourist because I try not to spend a lot and stretch my dollar to it’s absolute limit. I don’t do tours or stay in super nice places and don’t buy much of anything if it isn’t transporation, food or a roof over my head. I …
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There are those moments when you realize that’s it’s time to shed the you you hate to become the one you can love. The lack of belief is an epidemic, do we settle or do we reach as high as we can. When you are still innocent you are taught to reach high, that dreams …
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I have been in Thailand off and on for years and always wanted to experience what Loi Krathong or the Yi Peng festival was like. It’s one of the first photos you see when you do even the most superficial research about Thailand. The volume and scale of the lanterns that float in rivers or …
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This is my last full day in Pai for the next little while, I love the place but it is time to move back into the great unknown. I have become to comfortable here and when I came back this time around I realized that I couldn’t do what I did before.
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I know a lot of people have used Flickr off and on over the years, it isn’t as big as it was in its heyday but it still keeps on going. Then 5 years ago they offered 1TB of storage and now they are shifting focus again, limiting the amount of photos and videos you …
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I originally wrote this for Linkedin, not for anyone to read, it was just for myself but that’s what most writing is for me in the first place, it’s my way to release the tension and be free of it. When you are telling a friend about your last date, or explaining to a coworker …
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As someone who wants to write you have to ask yourself the question what stories have yet to be told? According to Georges Polti’s 36 dramtic situations, no matter the story you tell it will fit somewhere within his 36. I have oly skimmed the surface of the 36 but I bet you can take most …
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It’s time to be a f%*ken baller and tell it already. Why did you create your universe? It’s gonna sound insane but its because it meant I got to be God. In December 2013 I was having a hard time, I was traveling at the time and in Bangalore, India and I was stuck in …
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The clock is ticking for National Novel Writing Month (NANOWIMO) which starts in November and goes till month’s end. I learned about it a few years ago and always wanted to participate but never have. I’d start preparing for it looking to get involved but always got distracted by the closest shiny object in my …
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