When my best friend and roommate said "We should go to Thailand" in 2000, I said "I can't just go to Thailand." He said "Why not?" and - unusually - I didn't have a witty retort. I guess I could go to Thailand. We planned on 4 months of jungle and beach adventures, but my friend didn't end up liking the confusing, scrappy backpacker lifestyle and left after 12 days. With nothing better to do, I stayed behind - and never left.

In the years since I’ve taught English, worked as a team building facilitator, done voice overs, gotten beat up and shot (in movies), performed standup comedy, worked at a bank (ugh), in travel (yay!), and have written enough travel stories to fill a very short book.

I love exploring Bangkok and love showing people why it's such an interesting city. It's onion-like layers never fail to surprise. In the years since I've been here it's changed quite a lot, in interesting, exciting, and sometimes sad ways. You could never say it's the most beautiful city in the world, but it's definitely one of the most interesting.