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I Left My Job — Field Notes & Travel Stories from the Road
I'm Russell — a bartender by trade, a traveler by choice, and a very bad storyteller somewhere in between. PS: Polished by AI~
I Quit. OOO PERMANENT. - AI- Generated.
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Maldives - Deep South
Fuvahmulah: No Lagoon, No Filter, Just Big Shark Energy, Into the Blue Unknown Where Tiger Sharks Rule.
Recent dispatches
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Indonesia - Bali's Eastern Tip
Back to Amed, Bali — 8 years later: diving the USS Liberty wreck, charcoal-grilled fish in the hills, and quiet starlit nights on the eastern coast.
Thailand - Former Capital of the Lanna Kingdom
Back to Chiang Mai: Cicadas, Silver Nights, and Familiar Faces.
Thailand - Pearl of the Andaman
Returning to the Dive Sites That Started It All
England - Eight Trips Later, London Still Surprises Me
From Mayfair to Shoreditch, these are the bars that have shaped my London nights over the past decade.
Singapore — Bars I Keep Going Back To
A running list of the Singapore bars I enjoy — from friendly neighbourhood to world-ranked icons.
Hong Kong — British History and Chinese Traditions
Hong Kong, Revisited
Malaysia - UNESCO World Heritage-listed Capital of Malaysia's Penang island
Georgetown, Penang in 2025: A Year of Returning.