One Month in Bali: The Real Cost of Paradise (2023 Honest Numbers)
What a month in Bali actually costs in 2023 – honest numbers for accommodation, food, transport, and the lifestyle that makes tropical long-stay living worth it.
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The Three Balis: Which One Are You Actually Visiting?
Bali is three destinations in one – Tourist Bali, Local Bali, and Digital Nomad Bali. Which one you visit changes everything. Here is how to tell them apart.
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A Month in Phnom Penh – Why Cambodia’s Capital Surprised Me
An honest one-month stay in Phnom Penh – what works, what doesn’t, the food, the heaviness, and why I left with more respect for the city than I arrived with.
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Saigon Stays Saigon – Notes from Ho Chi Minh City After 29 Days in District 1
After 29 days in Saigon I still prefer Hanoi for food – but Ho Chi Minh City has its own pace, its own neighbourhoods, and its own version of Vietnam that earns more than three days. Notes on District 3, Cu Chi, cooking classes, and sidewalk coffee.
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Living in Nepal for 3 Months: Why Pokhara Changed My Life
In October 2022, I moved to Nepal for 87 days – living between Kathmandu and Pokhara, trekking the Mardi Himal, and discovering why this is one of Asia’s best-kept remote work destinations. The honest account, with real costs included.
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Bhaktapur – Nepal’s Ancient City the Tourist Buses Skip
Bhaktapur is the best-preserved medieval city in the Kathmandu Valley. A guide to its three squares, the Nyatapola Temple, and why it is worth more than a quick stop.
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Patan (Lalitpur) – The Kathmandu Valley’s City of Bronze and Beauty
Patan is the finest of the three royal cities in Nepal’s Kathmandu Valley – extraordinary Newari bronze workshops, the best museum in Nepal, and a Durbar Square that survived the 2015 earthquake remarkably intact.
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Pokhara, Nepal – Where the Quality of Life Seems Almost Unfair
Two months living in Pokhara: what it costs, how it feels, and why this lakeside city under the Himalayas is one of Asia’s best long-stay destinations.
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The Mardi Himal Trek: Pokhara’s Secret Mountain Path
The Mardi Himal trek is one of Nepal’s most beautiful and least-known routes – a ridge walk above 4,000m with unobstructed Annapurna views and almost no crowds.
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8 restaurants in Khao Yai and where to find them.
8 Restaurants in Khao Yai: Where to Eat Near the National Park Khao Yai – Thailand’s first national park and a UNESCO World Heritage site – is one of the country’s most spectacular natural destinations. What many visitors don’t realize is that the area around the park has also developed an impressive dining scene, ranging…
I'm Sébastien H. Brousseau, a Canadian who moved to Thailand in 2004 and never quite left. Twenty-two years later I spend my time on long road trips through places most foreigners miss, eating things I can't always name, and writing it all down in English and French.
This blog is where those journeys live: travel notes from Isaan to the islands, food finds from Phetchaburi to Roi-Et, and the occasional opinion from someone who has watched Thailand change across two decades from a front-row seat.
I'm also a lawyer. For legal work (wills, property, company set-up, divorce), visit ThaiLawOnline.com, my Thai law firm serving expats in English and French since 2004.
