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Asia
89 posts
August 2026
13 Aug
We flew into Beijing from Japan, then went to Chengdu, Chongqing, Shanghai and Hangzhou
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9 Aug
China is one of the highest value countries to travel to now
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July 2026
30 Jul
You should change your flight from Tokyo to Shanghai to visit actual China
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January 2026
4 Jan
Luxury is absolutely done in the West but still exists in Asia and the Gulf states
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December 2025
23 Dec
The oceans are full of plastic exactly because you recycle
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14 Dec
Why Koreans didn't get richer
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13 Dec
Amap is my favorite navigation app in China
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13 Dec
NIO is another very popular EV brand in China
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7 Dec
China can be very cheap with $300 Chongqing hotel suites and $20 rooms
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7 Dec
Chinese tourism is 95% domestic making China feel like the only foreigner there
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4 Dec
Chinese high speed trains are now faster than the Japanese Shinkansen
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4 Dec
Arriving in Chongqing and China's LED lit skyline versus Europe saving energy
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4 Dec
I took the high speed train in China today
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4 Dec
Western double standards on China versus Japan city lights
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3 Dec
China's train security is stricter than TSA
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3 Dec
Getting the China flu after arriving and why to wear an N95 on planes
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3 Dec
Never bring a knife to China because DHL and customs make shipping impossible
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November 2025
29 Nov
I got the China cough after 4 days in China
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28 Nov
Western people used in Chinese marketing to represent quality
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27 Nov
Beijing uses robot arms at toll booths
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27 Nov
China airport confiscated our power banks without CCC certification
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27 Nov
The Russian connection in China doesn't stop
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27 Nov
Woke up in Beijing's Summer Palace built in 1750 as a birthday gift
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26 Nov
Got Alipay to work in China as proxy for Didi Meituan and Baidu
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26 Nov
Russians are traveling to China a lot because they're blocked from most places
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25 Nov
China isn't easy to travel
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10 Nov
Singapore too is now compromised by degrowthers
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June 2025
15 Jun
I randomly discovered Dubai has an absolutely massive solar farm
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November 2024
24 Nov
Europe's end game might be to become like Japan a cheap tourist destination
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September 2024
5 Sep
Bali broke ground on a subway that will connect the entire island
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August 2024
5 Aug
In Bali the heat puts your brain into power save idle mode
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5 Aug
If you wanna get rich install AC
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July 2024
4 Jul
Japan is not futuristic it's a fossil stuck in 1990 unlike China Korea and Vietnam
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2 Jul
Jack Ma met Jerry Yang at the great wall of China in 1997
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August 2023
8 Aug
Invested in Brazil after traveling there for a month
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4 Aug
Good example is GoJEK a super app in Asia where you can do everything from ordering an Uber to massage and investing
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June 2023
22 Jun
Almost nobody I know in Asia wants to move to America anymore
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10 Jun
First class in America vs first class in Asia
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5 Jun
US flag stripes come from Indonesia's Majapahit empire
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December 2022
2 Dec
Indonesia makes sex outside marriage illegal even in Bali while Thailand gets more progressive
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March 2020
20 Mar
Asia had SARS so they test and isolate but the west tries its own thing
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1 Mar
Air pollution before and after Corona
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October 2019
16 Oct
Lorn - The Slow Blade ✕ Hong Kong
August 2019
5 Aug
Monitoring Bali's undersea internet cable
July 2019
25 Jul
Fukuoka hotel I randomly booked turned out to be coliving with beautiful coworking
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March 2019
13 Mar
Bali banned single-use plastics and this cassava bag is the biodegradable alternative
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November 2018
24 Nov
In Beijing you can add your public transit card to Apple Wallet
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23 Nov
Beijing air turned into hell on earth this weekend from weekend driving
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23 Nov
Every receipt in Beijing gives you a QR code for digital bookkeeping
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19 Nov
Beijing today
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December 2017
28 Dec
As decentralized as cryptocurrency is: so will be the people working on it
22 Dec
Half the people in Asian coworking spaces are now working on crypto
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August 2017
3 Aug
How to pack for world travel with just a carry-on bag
June 2017
17 Jun
NYC's Bossa Nova Civic Club has similar dark techno vibes to Shanghai's Shelter
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May 2017
3 May
Taipei is boring, and maybe that's not such a bad thing
October 2016
18 Oct
Vaporwave impression about my month in Shanghai
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17 Oct
Hong Kong Express - 上海 (Shanghai)
8 Oct
Working from a free coworking space in Shanghai
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7 Oct
The Shelter in Shanghai is a cyberpunk Bladerunner club from the year 2150
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November 2015
30 Nov
Beijing air quality hits 543 AQI
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October 2015
14 Oct
Vaporwave is the only music that fits the feeling futuristic Asian mega cities give me
May 2015
14 May
I uploaded 4 terabyte over Korea's 4G, and paid $48
January 2015
11 Jan
Why are you still in Europe
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August 2014
5 Aug
Manila
July 2014
23 Jul
Bali is the magical voodoo spirit island of Asia
April 2014
13 Apr
Celebrating my birthday North Korean style
January 2014
18 Jan
How I Went From 100 To 0 Things (Or How I Was Robbed of All My Stuff)
December 2013
31 Dec
Celebrating NYE 2014 in Hong Kong
30 Dec
How I ended up in Hong Kong (or my adventures in the New York of the East)
November 2013
23 Nov
How I spent the night with Singapore's migrant workers
22 Nov
Why I want to live in Singapore
October 2013
27 Oct
The myth of a globalized world
12 Oct
What I learnt from bootstrapping my startup from Thailand in six months
July 2013
20 Jul
The 100 Thing Challenge – From 200 to 20 things in 3 months
17 Jul
Living in a Hotel
16 Jul
The Story of my Visa Run to Tachileik in Myanmar
June 2013
19 Jun
Make money where prices are high, spend it where prices are low. Does income arbitrage work?
16 Jun
Finding an apartment in Chiang Mai
11 Jun
Co-Working Spaces in Chiang Mai: PunSpace
10 Jun
Moving to Chiang Mai
4 Jun
My Bad Day At The Co-Working Space
May 2013
29 May
The 24-Hour Coffee Place in Bangkok: Too Fast To Sleep
19 May
Koh Phangan is the Disneyland of Partying
17 May
Visiting Koh Samui, the island of paradise
5 May
From dive bar to roof-top bar to roof-top pool in Bangkok
1 May
Co-working spaces in Bangkok: Launchpad
April 2013
24 Apr
The 100 Thing Challenge
23 Apr
Co-working spaces in Bangkok: Hubba
22 Apr
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