Plog: Paulie’s Blog
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Vagabonding, and the art of world travel
If you’re traveling, or at least giving it some serious consideration, then you need to do some preparation and this is most importantly mental preparation. The book ‘Vagabonding’, by Rolf Potts is an essential part of your toolkit to get you started down this road.
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Basic Thai culture for the uninitiated
For those who have yet to visit Thailand, or even South East Asia, I’m just going to write a little bit about some of their more important culture points of worthy note. It’s by no means comprehensive. Some of these are important to be aware of if you are planning to visit that part of…
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We see things as we are
Your reality is defined by way you interpret it apply labels: good, bad, wonderful, terrible, exciting. How we view the world and the people in it is down how we think and evaluate them. Question your prejudices, even the ones you “know” to be true.
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Be yourself, more
I’m trying to be a little bolder in how I present my ‘self’ to the world. I’ve let it become a little faded recently, more dilute, but now I’m trying to keep in mind that who I am is important, and showing the outside world the real me is essential to staying true to myself.…
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It’s rarely just a coconut
Like most capital cities, Vientiane is not representative of how the majority of the population live. It is a small city with two or three main streets within which you will find most of the things you need. I did very little in the way of touristy sight-seeing while I was there and opted instead…
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Vientiane and the Thai visa run
Do you need to renew your tourist visa for Thailand? Perhaps Vientiane is a option if you are travelling nearby. I’ve just returned from neighbouring Laos on a so-called “visa run” and I’m going to lay out just some of the details you may be interested to know in case you need the same thing.
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The life of the volunteer
A description of my life as a volunteer in Thailand
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Using music as a powerful anchor
Anchors are triggers we create for ourselves either consciously or otherwise that can dramatically shift your emotional state. It’s a great tool we can use to manage our moods, concentration, and motivation, and that’s just the beginning…
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Bangkok to Nong Khai
As I start to write this, I’ve been in Nong Khai for about an hour and already I feel the journey has been worth while. It all started over 13 hours ago… To get to Nong Khai there are a variety of paths you can take – all the most obvious forms of public transport…
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Ice-cubes and charcoal tablets
Well this is my first post after leaving for Bangkok on 7th, and for good reason. It’s been eventful, but not quite as wonderful as I might have at-first hoped. I got in on the 8th after more than 24hrs travelling, to find the hostel I wanted was fully booked. I promptly booked it for…
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