Travelfish #563 The My God It’s March Already Edition
A wrap on interesting Southeast Asia/other random stuff I’ve come across over the last few weeks.
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Lolz
On my flight home last night I was in a mood so when the dude next to me started talking to me I said “no English” and put my headset on.
I don’t suggest doing this unless you’re willing to keep up the masquerade for the entire flight. It’s actually quite a challenge to pull off.
Morning.
Thanks, yes pretty spot—busy tho!!
Warmongering distraction.
Melaka.
Clearly checkin misheard when I asked for a window seat.
Saturday morning.
Koh Samui new years road kill.
60 deaths over past month
95% of deaths were people on motorbikes
9 out of 10 were not wearing a helmet
Horrific but not surprising
Wear a helmet, have insurance, have a licence. Please. www.abc.net.au/news/2026-01...
Perhaps instead of asking “how do we attract high-value tourists?” we should be asking “how do we become high-value destinations?”
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Tracking all these down would make for a great piece of travel writing or book even. orionmagazine.org/article/moon...
New year, so I guess is time to break out some new tourism plan from the who could have imagined this would happen bucket.
Unless this is a national policy—it isn’t—will go nowhere.
en.antaranews.com/news/398224/...
Yeah, bike and me fine. Cops? Nah.
The pure Bali experience: Australian tourist riding motorcycle on footpath smashes into side of me on my bike as I pull out from a store, proclaims its my fault (bike fine, tho imagine I have a solid bruise on leg on the way), and then rides off because “she has to get to yoga class”.
Am shocked to learn that a mob of consultants who makes a not insignificant proportion of their revenue through AI consulting are bullish on AI content. It’s trash.
Doggies like Star Wars.
Stranger things fail.
Cheers! Same to you
Xmas eve: Die Hard, snoozing dogs, faux dengue, melted chocolates, and a full belly. Could be worse.
The chance of me getting my son out of the joglo and into the pool is exactly zero.
Wasting time chatting with AI about how to buttress my business. It’s main tips:
1. Hard paywall (already)
2. Block AI engorges (already)
3. More of your attitude (ok,if you insist)
4. More of your emphasis on ethical and slow travel frameworks as (quote) “AI is trained on the popular internet”
Amen
Blood pressure drops.
Perfect conditions for the ride to Amed.
I will never ever adjust to the Indonesian concept of time.
“I’m on the way”
Uh huh
Good morning from Reddit.
