I lived in Bangkok and Chiang Mai (เชียงใหม่) for years, and have taken the night train between them many times. Everything in this article is something I truly love, and writing it has me itching to do it all again. You board the sleeper in Bangkok in the evening, and somewhere in the night the co Read More...
I lived in Bangkok and Chiang Mai for years, and have taken the night train between them many times. Everything in this article is something I truly love, and writing it has me itching to do it all again. Bangkok has a reputation, and if you let it, the city will hand you a bucket of something neon Read More...
I lived in Minneapolis, and summer there quietly ruined me for everywhere else. It is a city built around water and long light, and almost none of what makes it great asks you to hold a drink. My favorite weekends there were free, or close to it, and I never once missed the bar. If you are sober, s Read More...
Broadway gets sold as one long party. Here's the version where you skip the drinking and have a better time anyway. Nashville gets sold as a party town, and if that's all you do, that's all you'll get. But take the drinking out and the thing underneath, the reason the city exists, is the music. Bro Read More...
Sober travel isn't a niche anymore; it's one of the fastest-growing trends in tourism. Nearly half of Americans say they're trying to drink less, and the travel industry is chasing that shift: adventure operators are building entire itineraries around trekking, kayaking, and cultural immersion inste Read More...
Philadelphia doesn't get talked about as a sober travel destination, but I lived there, and it's one of my favorite cities in the country. It's a history city before it's anything else (you can't walk three blocks without passing something 250 years old), and that's part of what makes it such a good Read More...
Tampa Bay doesn't get nearly enough credit as a sober travel destination. I live here, and honestly, I'm still discovering things. If you're visiting (or you live here and haven't explored it properly), here's what I'd tell a sober couple to do with a few days in the area. 1. Pickleball at Dill Din Read More...
I've taken the overnight train from Bangkok to Chiang Mai more times than I can count. For years that meant boarding at grand old Hua Lamphong, the century-old station in the middle of the city. These days the sleepers leave from Krung Thep Aphiwat Central Terminal instead; the station changed, but Read More...
This might be one of my favorite things to do in Bangkok, and I should know: I've done it more than a few times. Every time I had a visitor come see me, or just wanted to do something totally local, this was my go-to. The river taxis on the Chao Phraya are a great way to see the city from th Read More...
I've been traveling for a long time, and a few years back I made a decision to stay sober in life, and that included travel. For me the two had always gone together. Airport bars to kill time, local pubs as a way into a new city, hotel lobby bars where you end up talking to strangers at 11pm Read More...
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