I keep joking that I now live in 'The Street' - a recently built mall near the Thailand Cultural Center subway station in the Din Daeng district of Bangkok. While living might not be the right term, it's definitely one of my favorite working locations. I do have an office, but mostly I work from … [Read more...]
Safe
As of today, I'm no longer in Nagorno Karabakh Republic (NKR). Good thing too, because it looks like things there just took a turn for the worse. A sharp escalation in fighting between Azerbaijan and Armenia over the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh has left 15 soldiers dead and prompted … [Read more...]
Boulevard of Broken Camera Dreams
I actually moved on from Yerevan already, but didn't want to post too much about my new location. Things are a little sensitive here, so I'm holding out with public updates until I'm out of the region. Unfortunately though, my plans seem to have suffered a bit of a setback: I dropped my camera (a … [Read more...]
Yerevan
I arrived in Yerevan. Figuring that this will probably the most comfortable and amenity-filled place for me for a long time to come, I'm happy to linger a few more days than strictly necessary. It's a city with plenty coffee shops, parks, decent supermarkets and a boxing school with old pictures … [Read more...]
Sick
I was planning to do the write up of my hiking trip to Pankisi yesterday, but instead I was sick in bed the last 2 days. Looks like I caught some stomach bug. Good opportunity to restock on electrolyte powder and charcoal tablets. I'm staying in a former 'capitalist' mansion in the middle of … [Read more...]