I got up at “way too early,” went downstairs to make sure someone was awake for my check-out and was glad that I did. The only person around was the security guard sleeping on 2 chairs pushed together, so I had him wake up the night manager in one of the rooms to prepare my…
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I can’t express how excited I was to be finally going to India. This is a place I’ve romanticized in my mind, ever since I was a child, but it always seemed so far away. From Bangkok, I flew on the exciting-sounding Spice Jet to Kolkata. Don’t call it Calcutta 🙂 Anyway, I was 100%,…
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From Koh Tao, I got picked up in a back-of-a-pickup-truck taxi, rode down to the ferry port, fought through the crowds at the main/express ferry, and went to the slower/cheaper ferry. After waiting there, I rode the freezing cold ferry (people were literally getting out their sleeping bags and blankets). On the way to Koh…
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From Bangkok, I took the night train to Chumphon (9 hours), where I would get off, catch a bus to the ferry port (1 hour), and then take the ferry to the island of Koh Tao (2 hours). Overall travel time: too much. The train was definitely my worst in Thailand. There was a Thai…
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From Chiang Mai, I took the night bus down to Bangkok to see some things on day trips before heading down to southern Thailand. The bus trip was awful, and I definitely should have taken the train. First, the guy next to me was constantly moving around, so I barely slept. Second, a French family…
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The Wandering Vegan
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My name is Ryan.
I caught the travel bug at a young age, and here are the tales of my wanderlust, surprise vegan food finds, and adventures across the planet.
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