Two months in Asia, I return with stories
A post-Asia update, what's next here?
This post also appears as my Now page, which I update every so often. Revisit that in a few weeks, and it will look different. But it's been two months since my last post, so I wanted to drop this in your inbox too. Thanks for reading, see yall soon.
Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia & Taiwan. A two-month meandering across Asia has just reached its end. A beautiful conclusion it was, indeed.
I woke up in Taipei two days ago, writing this from a couch in Denver yesterday and finishing at a desk in Tennessee today.
The memories are so fresh, I have endless stories of cities big and small and the lovable weirdness of places so different than home. A few examples...
Hoards of scooter bikes and side street wandering
Street food sampling and strange fruit tasting
Papaya milk and milk peanut soup
Hostel friends and local guides
Funny signs and mistranslations
Fish, meat, produce and not-sure-what-that-is (?) markets
Pig intestines, duck blood soup, rooster balls, smoked eel
Elephants, monkeys, hermit crabs, street cats
Gondolas and particular funiculars
Floating fishing villages tucked in between tiny coastal islands
Skyscrapers and beaches, smog and sand
I'm back in Tennessee now! For a little while, at least. Ask me questions, say hello and tell me what you've been up to.
Upcoming posts
With Taiwan on my mind, that will the subject of my next post here. This unique island nation is now my favorite country I've visited. You'll soon learn why, and I hope it'll spark your curiosity to see for yourself.
I've now spent six months outside the US within the last year and a half. For upcoming posts, I plan to share...
What I've learned observing how people live their lives in places far from home
Personal stories of fascinating people I've met
What I've learned about myself too
Funny insights and weird happenings
Some tidbits about all that and more
What's more interesting than "Here's what I did" is "This is what I've learned and what I'm working on." I'll continue to lean into that more as I write a truckload in 2025. I have new videos I'm pumped to get started on too. Stay Looney Tuned, my friends.
How I got here (sharing my work & life online)
Who doesn't love a timeline? Here's mine, as of lately.
2023
Seeking a break from work and my daily life, I left the US for three months and visited 10 countries in Europe. I had no plans or itinerary, just one backpack.
2024
I started writing online in January and started my YouTube channel in March. These creative projects are where my skills and interests align. I call it Logan Lets Go.
After working on television shoots since 2017, I was finally ready for great change. Careful consideration led me to slowly explore new work.
This became my current year-long sabbatical. I'm using savings to support myself while I travel and work on creative projects.
A full-year of travel began in May after I moved out of my apartment in Tennessee, starting with a four-month US road trip living in my little pickup truck camper.
I spent the month of September in Italy & Scotland. I thought I'd stay in Europe longer, but that didn't happen.
I bounced between Colorado and Tennessee in the fall. I slowed down, built a new site, hiked through colorful forests and witnessed my favorite team turn sports into art.
Guatemala was next, my first visit to Central America. My girlfriend and I arrived just in time for a local flower festival in Antigua, by accident. We visited small towns on Lake Atitlán, surrounded by volcanoes. We ate lots of fresh papaya and toured a coffee plantation.
2025
A two-month Tour de Asia to Japan, Vietnam, Thailand, Malaysia and Taiwan in February and March. Oh, the wonderful weirdness of Asia, I miss you already.
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