I MADE IT BACK TO THE USA! I have been home for a week now and am thoroughly enjoying the clean air, western style toilets, and law and order. Now that I have caught up on sleep and have put back on some weight, I am finally putting up all of the things from my time in China. During my stay I was not able to use Squarespace, Google, Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, or Twitter. So now I am doing a dump of all of the cool places I visited and photos I’ve taken.
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Asia Trip 014- Singapore - 001
I just spend the last two weeks in Northern Thailand awaiting my Chinese visa. During that waiting period, I decided to go to Pai and met some Singaporeans who educated me on all things Singapore and it’s fascinating. Over the course of our conversation I learned the below:
All Singapore male over the age of eighteen have to compulsory military service, almost exactly like Israel
Singapore is the shining beacon of capitalism in an almost exclusively Muslim territory
Malaysia is predominantly Muslim, they share a border with Singapore
This is significant because Malaysia is starting to become a haven for ISIS members, which makes the Malaysia-Singapore border very contentious. Making Singapore feel like they have to take even more precautions across the board.
Indonesia is the worlds largest Muslim country with about 12% of the worlds Muslim population
There is a huge wealth gap, think crazy rich asians vs. slumdog millionaire. It’s universe of difference.
There is a test kids take that determines what schools they can go to, what their career will be and a lot of other factors very early in life
Also they have quota on Indians that can be lawyers, apparently too many Indians are lawyers and they’re taking jobs away from others.
Asia Trip 013 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 002 (Batu Caves)
This was such a wild and incredible place, I thought it should have its own post. Plus I took a metric fuck ton (technical term) of pictures at this place from seeing monkeys stealing various things to incredible caves nestled into mountains to the incredibly colorful steps. This place was a total 10/10, would recommend.
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Following my bliss in Kuala Lumpur.
Asia Trip 013 - Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia - 001
So I have been bouncing all over the past few weeks. I went from Kuala Lumpur to Singapore to Bali to Chiang Mai. My original plan was to live and work in Bali for two months, but I was there for three days and fucking hated it. It felt like a mix of Los Angeles 2.0 mixed with Tijuana on a huge island with Bangkok level traffic. It was fucking gross, overdeveloped, commercialized, totally stripped of its incredible culture and was so expensive. It was the traveling equivalent of my body rejecting an organ.
So I completely freaked out for about twelve hours, thought about what I really wanted to on this trip, and realized I want to be by the mountains for the second half of this trip. So I booked a last minute flight to Chiang Mai, am awaiting my Chinese Visa and will be traveling throughout China for two months! More updates to come.
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Asia Trip 012 - Film from the First Four Months - 003
I recently was in Bali and got three rolls of film developed from the past four months of traveling. These little babies have made it through seven countries, tropical rain storms, countless bus rides, and a silly amount of immigration and security checkpoints. Having all three of these rolls in tact is nothing short of a god damn Christmas miracle.
This roll has shots from working in Thailand for two months, wandering around Koh Phangan, and adventuring with Cate throughout Koh Phangan, Krabi, Koh Lanta, and Koh Phi Phi.
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