This short video – just over 5 minutes, shows the nature of addiction in a graphic way.
Phan Thiet shouldn’t have happened, but it has been etched on my memory in the most delightful way. It’s somewhere I will recommend to anyone who wants to visit small-town Vietnam.
“I’ve been homeless for over seven years now, have slept in more than 160 beds and visited over 30 countries in that time. At some point I am going to have to address the question of when to stop. Is that point now? “
I think it was in Ho Chi Minh City, (Saigon) that I grew into being a traveller. I was crossing the road at a busy intersection and walked decisively, watching where I was going as the motorcycles flowed past me, and as I got to the other side I thought – yep, I’m a traveller now.
I spent a month in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I went to experience what is said to be one of the busiest and most multicultural cities in the world, but it also made me question where I stand economically.
In over seven years of full-time travel, I’ve stayed in a lot of Airbnbs. These are some of the hosts I remember as being exceptional and why.