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BLOG: Five Month Recap

Posted on by Betsey Horton
Thursday. At the coffee stand. I still have not made a decision. I have only reviewed the footage and come to the following conclusion: this experience in SEA has made me a more objective reporter than I ever was before. Here are the results of this months matchups in the...Read More

BLOG: Men Ain’t Shit!

Posted on by Betsey Horton
Tuesday morning. At the coffee stand. Chatting with the lady who lived up on the Peak in Hong Kong. Love her comforting housekeeper energy today. It’s like coming home to sit at the kitchen counter with her and she’s listening to me cry about my day while she makes a...Read More

BLOG: Mark Antony

Posted on by Betsey Horton
Okay. What in the literal Star Wars Padme Amidala Decoy Shit was THAT?! The twist no one saw coming. Wow. Okay. Um so this just happened. Need some time to process. Okay so I went to the bar. As per usual. There the bartender was ready to spill all the...Read More

BLOG: At the Party

Posted on by Betsey Horton
Saturday morning here in the old land of Siam. The Queen Mother has just died, so everyone’s usual routine has been thrown off today. For example, my usual coffee stand is closed, so I had to walk up the street to another one because I still refuse to give Starbucks...Read More

BLOG: The Hong Kong Club

Posted on by Betsey Horton
Thursday morning. At the coffee stand. Things took an unexpected turn today when I came to the coffee stand. The tables were full so the lady who always looks sad invited me to share a table with her. She immediately started speaking to me in perfect English. “I heard you...Read More

BLOG: Wanksta or Gangsta?

Posted on by Betsey Horton
Tuesday morning. At the coffee stand. A bit hungover from last night, which was… oof. Most of the evening was super chill. The American Bar was pretty dead for a Monday. Only a small handful of regulars were there. Most of us were American, as opposed to other nights when...Read More

BLOG: La Dolce Vita

Posted on by Betsey Horton
Tuesday morning. Here we are at the coffee stand. Something crazy is happening a bit further up the street. Not really sure what it is today. I had a very interesting evening last night. It was most unexpected. I went down to the pot shop I like. I was hanging...Read More

BLOG: The Troubles

Posted on by Betsey Horton
Wednesday morning. Oh my god. I am still processing the insanity of my evening last night. It was really something… Wow, what was that? That was dating in Thailand. So far we’ve got Temporary Visa Tourist Guy and Passport Bro. What’s next, I wonder? Big Dumb Surfer Guy, maybe? He...Read More

BLOG: Wow, WTF Was That?!?!?!

Posted on by Betsey Horton
Tuesday night, Wednesday morning. What the fuck even was that? I don’t even know what I just experienced here in Bangkok tonight. All I know is that it was ridiculous. How do I recount this? Hmm… Okay, let me just start by saying this is how I learned my lesson...Read More

BLOG: You’re Not in The Club

Posted on by Betsey Horton
Tuesday morning. Sitting at my coffee stand, as per usual. Watching the street go by. Definitely not thinking about anyone or anything else… Last night I had dinner with a solo female travel influencer I found on YouTube. It still feels weird to meet people from the internet, but how...Read More