Bangkok coconut wanders
Socotra Island, ‘ghost signs’ of London, and the worst Michelin starred restaurant, ever.
BANGKOK - Being back in Southeast Asia feels like being back in the office after three months away. I’ve spent most of this week working on articles for Future Southeast Asia, so I am behind in my blogging schedule for Nomadic Notes. One article I published was about a proposed monorail that would go through Thonglor (a popular area for digital nomads in Bangkok).
I’m wandering around collecting photos for two reports I’m working on, and I am still a bit buzzed about being back in one of my favourite cities. Simple things like being able to get a coconut from a street vendor are one of the things I like about Bangkok.
Assorted travel reads
• The hermit of Socotra Island
• Bros., Lecce: We eat at the worst Michelin starred restaurant, ever
• ‘Ghost Signs’ haunt London’s reviving neighborhoods
“Hundreds of hand-painted signs endure in parts of the U.K. capital, marking the city’s 19th century boom. But many of these advertising artifacts are fading fast.”
• What it’s like to visit Singapore right now
“In the shadow of Covid the city-state is both reassuringly familiar yet oddly different, but the lack of crowds is a drawcard.”
• Travelling through Eizan Railway’s picturesque ‘Momiji Tunnel’
• The real life 'Aristocats' of St. Petersburg's Hermitage Museum
• One man’s quest to put Mexico City’s iconic street food vendors onto Google Maps
“What started as a crowdsourced project has become Google’s first attempt to bring the informal food economy onto the platform.”
• Some people are actually paying to get ‘lost’ on vacation
• 30 of the most “damn tourists” moments shared by people who live in holiday destinations
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- James Clark
Great round-up. Hoping to possibly visit Singapore this year and, yeah, the lack of crowds seems great. That restaurant in Lecce. Eating foam out of a sculpture of the chef's mouth? Words fail... And for the Instagram fails, well, sadly, they aren't anything new. When I was a boy many many years ago people could still feed bears in Yellowstone when they came up to your car. I was terrified of the bears but one older male relative forced my hand out of the window holding a piece of bread so he could snap a polaroid!
Just discovered your travel newsletter today...looking forward to following your journey!