When I was a kid, I was obsessed with elephants. Now, that’s hardly unique. Everybody loves those big noodle-nosed bastards. But when I say that I was obsessed with them, I mean that I was obsessed. The kind of obsessed that gets people put on watch lists nowadays. If elephants were an … [Read more...]
Partake of the World: The Full Moon Party
All You Really Need To Know Cost: Technically free, but expect to spend upwards of $50/day on the island What: Beach Party Where: Haad Rin Beach, Koh Phangan, Thailand When: The night of the full moon each month. The New Year's full moon is the busiest, but the wet season full moon is the … [Read more...]
Matador Network: You know you’re in Thailand when…
You guys, Thailand is fucking awesome. It's the first country I ever stepped foot in outside of America where I was actually responsible for myself making it out alive. By some accounts, I was successful. And by others, I left a shit ton of myself - blood, sweat, and heart - in the Land of Smiles. … [Read more...]
Elsewhere Plans: Once More, With Feeling August 2014
One thing I learned entering the second year of Elsewhere Plans: it's gonna be a hell of a lot easier this year. Turns out, a lot of things worth going to are worth going to twice. Who know? I'll be updating as necessary, but much of the information is a foundation on which to build a solid Animal … [Read more...]
Elsewhere Plans: Boom in June 2014
And thus we enter the first real month of Summer for the northern hemisphere. Otherwise known as the hemisphere where shit actually goes down. With love to those crazy Southies, of course, and I'll take that back when New Zealand and Uruguay start pumping festivals out their wazoos, but the North … [Read more...]