27/01/2026
If you read only one of my stories, let this be it…
Travelling in Asia is not only sunsets, markets & beautiful food.
It’s children, chickens & puppies playing between litter.
Rivers holding plastic & bottles caught in reeds.
Take-away containers thrown from moving vehicles.
A vastness of waste that asks uncomfortable questions.
& yet… it’s also change.
School children cleaning streets.
Nightly sweeping of doorways & businesses.
Conversations with locals.
A slow awakening that rubbish is worth more collected than poisoning our Earth.
Nature responds — fires, floods, storms, heat & ice — mirrors of how we treat ourselves & the world we depend on.
Still… I choose to see the beauty.
In people. In cultures. In shared meals. In stories exchanged at long tables.
In the privilege of witnessing every facet — light & shadow — of these lands.
Travel is not escapism.
It’s a meeting with reality.
Grateful beyond words as we say goodbye to Cambodia & hallo to Laos ✨
If you read only one of my stories, let this be it…
Travelling in Asia is not only sunsets, markets & beautiful food.
It’s children, chickens & puppies playing between litter.
Rivers holding plastic & bottles caught in reeds.
Take-away containers thrown from moving vehicles.
A vastness of waste that asks uncomfortable questions.
& yet… it’s also change.
School children cleaning streets.
Nightly sweeping of doorways & businesses.
Conversations with locals.
A slow awakening that rubbish is worth more collected than poisoning our Earth.
Nature responds — fires, floods, storms, heat & ice — mirrors of how we treat ourselves & the world we depend on.
Still… I choose to see the beauty.
In people. In cultures. In shared meals. In stories exchanged at long tables.
In the privilege of witnessing every facet — light & shadow — of these lands.
Travel is not escapism.
It’s a meeting with reality.
Grateful beyond words as we say goodbye to Cambodia & hallo to Laos ✨
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