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Going into the CNY like...
🤩 🤩Happy Chinese New Year of the Pig from back when I was a toothless piglet. Thanks for feeding me, family. I’m still hungry 😋 .
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#flashback #noteeth #littlepiglet #theeighties #family #mom #dad #ancestors #grandma #grandpa #Bangkok #Manila

Happy Chinese New Year!! .
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#yearofthepig #chinesenewyear

Mackerel with feta cheese and dill? Coffee with coconut water? Who knew these combinations could be so yummy! Congrats on the opening of @sarnies.bkk @tayastarling 💕I’ll definitely be back to try more! 😋 .
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#openfacesandwich #sarnie #sarniesbkk #everythingtastesbetterinthailand

Repost from @thekevinallison and @riskshow from when we visited an organic coconut farm in Thailand last month and our adventure watering coconuts and making our own butterfly pea tea. Thanks for the share and the memories ❤️❤️❤️
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#agrotourism #thisissustainable #offthebeatenpath #thailand #farmtour #coconuts

Closing weekend of the @bkkartbiennale ❤️ .
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#basquiat #marinaabramovic #bkkartbiennale2018 #bkkart #bangkok #artscene #nateeutarit #francescoclemente #tulhiranyalawan

I feel sick, disgusted and ashamed that this has happened and I am appalled that people continue to take out their anger on others that have done nothing to them. @jussiesmollett May the angels care for you and may karma take care of those who have done this to you.

37 levels of heaven
37 dollars entrance
37 steps
37 years to build the temple
37 different hairstyles for the asparas (heavenly nymphs)
It’s my first time at Angkor Wat where we climbed the steep staircase to Bakan Sanctuary, saw the famous faces of Bayon at Angkor Thom, saw trees growing out of the ancient ruins at Ta Prohm (one of the locations in the film Tomb Raider... of course, we heard Angelina Jolie’s name mentioned in dozens of different accents) and visited Banteay Kdei, a smaller, way more peaceful site without the crowds of tourists. A full day yet a small foray into the approximately 50 Hindu-Buddhist temples at this UNESCO World Heritage site constructed in the earlier part of the 12th century by Khmer King Suryavarman II in Yaśodharapura (present-day Angkor), the capital of the Khmer Empire. According to inscriptions, the construction of Angkor Wat involved 300,000 workers and 6,000 elephants 🐘 🐘 🐘 🐘

Playing DJ at @penanghouseofmusic 🎼 I LOVED learning about all the different musical influences that make up the Malaysian music scene - Chinese opera, Hindustani, Malay, Hawaiian, American jazz and so much more! Other fun stuff: got to play with a Chinese instrument called guzheng & with some puppets. Pretty fun museum if you ask me! Also, the musical archive at this place is dope. You can spend all day listening to Malaysian music from the 1920’s to the 2000’s 🎶 .
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#penang #malaysia #houseofmusic #music #penanghouseofmusic #culture #art #guzheng #puppets

Today I got a glimpse into the lives of the Peranakan Chinese in Penang during the 1920’s and 30’s - an ornate mother-of-pearl inlaid East meets West opulence fueled by money made as traders, mainly by controlling the opium trade, slave trade as well as tin and rubber plantations in the region. The Peranakan, meaning “local born” in Malay, are the descendants of Chinese immigrants who came to the Malay archipelago during British Malaya (now Malaysia and Singapore) and amassed great fortunes and lived lavish lives in these great big mansions. These are the OG @crazyrichasians .
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#penang #malaysia #peranakan #crazyrichasians #georgetownpenang

When a friend visits Bangkok from New York, you obviously must have authentic Thai experiences - like going to an organic farm and watering coconuts the old school style!! Hey, it’s not as easy as it looks! Totally a great workout for your arms and I now appreciate coconut water on a whole new level! Other fun farm experiences included picking butterfly pea (anchan) flowers and making our own drink with it along with the fabulous farm-to-table dinner and dessert made by our gracious host’s mother! Thank you @supansa_chaladcharoen and your family for your farm hospitality. Loved your beautiful traditional wooden house you designed & built for farm stays! A total treat of massaging my feet on dried coconut husks by walking over them! Such a beautiful experience only an hour outside of Bangkok! Can’t wait to come back!!
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#offthebeatenpath #bangkok #organicfarm #coconuts #sustainabletravel #thisissustainable #sundayfunday #butterflypea #anchan #farmtotable #bikes #agrotourism #farmlife #thailand

Top nine’s got me tearing up... it’s been an eventful year with special memories filled with friends, family, love, family, fun dining experiences (such as @gaggan_anand - thank you @sunnythakurhk 😋), a surprise cameo on @barbacoachef ‘s very moving episode of @chefstablenetflix (thank you @abrafever 😘) and so much travel #India #Philippines #Thailand #turksandcaicos Caicos and more and even to #AustinTX as a speaker at @travel_con (thank you @nomadicmatt @lynansap @tripwhisperer @erica.virvo for having me! Can’t wait til next year!) But 2018 also wasn’t without tears (RIP @anthonybourdain) struggles and the growing pains of being a creative soul yearning for more always - more love, more kindness, more understanding, more acceptance. This is the expansive environment that creativity best breeds. Always a reminder to be grateful for what you have and those who love you and to remember that those who hate you secretly love you (as the opposite of love is not hate but indifference!) Thank you to everyone who made my 2018 even though I’m tagging only the ones who made it to this #topnine there are many others that also made this year an interesting learning curve! Another year bites the dust! Thank u, next! 2018’s theme was #unconditionallove ❤️ 2019’s theme is going to be #laserfocus ⚡️⚡️⚡️
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@ostinatorecords @abrafever @apdfarm @mohitsaigal85 @travelwithus_india @travelwithmyght @whitneyhoustonmccasland @lauritadr21 @nikheeladvani

Happy New Year from Bangkok!!! I don’t usually eat loads of meat but I have to hand it to the chefs at @100mahaseth and to fellow RISian @chaleekader for seriously a menu well done! 👍🏽With everything at the restaurant locally and sustainably sourced, the flavors were perfectly Thai and instantly transported me to memories of my childhood here. It did not hold back on the spiciness! 💕This was an amazing #nosetotail New Year’s Eve dinner and I will definitely be back for more of the saioua 😍
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#nosetotail #eatlocal #isanfood #spicyfood #thaifood #sustainablysourced #thisissustainable #happyholidays #happynewyear #bangkokthailand

$No matter what time of year, always invest in education... for yourself and for others. Build and share knowledge. Build awareness. Build and grow community. Build love unconditionally. Give what you can and always give... regardless of how much or how little ... because a cup that’s overflowing with love and abundance will always be full and never empty. This is the flow of life and love. Educating others is educating ourselves. Giving to others is giving to ourselves. Loving others is loving ourselves. We are the mirrors of each other’s souls in this fractal universe. . . . . . . . . #givedeeply #lovedeeply #livedeeply #happyholidays$