Jason Dookeran

Slow Travel For People Who Hate Lists “Here’s Ten Things You Should Do In <Insert Place Here>”

Checklists don’t make good memories.
The best stories I’ve brought home came from slowing down, not speeding through.
My new piece: Slow Travel for People Who Hate Lists
jdookeran.medium.com/slow-travel-...
I wrote this for people who believe in slow travel and sustainable tourism more than lists.

I'm a features writer and I've done extensive work on pop culture science for The Travel before. Any particular field of science you're looking for? I'm interested in pitching.

Great! I'll pitch you guys later today once I organize my thoughts.

Definitely interested on pitching you guys. Is Tabletop limited to just D&D or is there room for non+D&D franchises? Because there's a ton of great TTRPGs that get overshadowed by D&D.

Founders don’t usually lack ideas. They struggle with how those ideas come across. I help refine that #voice so the best thinking gets heard. I’m opening space to work with one or two #founders this month. Reach out if that’s you.

No One Dies in Tobago Chapter XV | JD Writes Get more from JD Writes on Patreon

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Here's some fun writing, if you're into noir fiction. And yes, the entire thing so far is free.
#writing #fiction #caribbeanwriter #noirfiction

The Founder's Bandwidth Bottleneck You just can't do everything

Founder content math: every hour writing is an hour not spent on product, customers, or fixing fires. You know it builds credibility, but time always loses. Push it to nights/weekends & it never happens. #startups #founderlife #contentmarketing #buildinpublic thechain.substack.com/p/the-founde...

hey Paul, Definitely up for doing some retrospectives on NES games, got anything RPG related?

I'm pretty good at covering Cricket (if you're looking for that) as well as Caribbean music and entertainment because of my background.

"Emancipate yourself from mental slavery, none but ourselves can free our minds."
Happy Emancipation Day.
#history #culture

A metal man holding up a tree in Recoleta, Buenos Aires. The cool part?the guy is welded out of scrap metal parts. And he actually has the weight of the tree on his shoulders! #photography #buenosaires #travel #dailyinspiration

Clear water, smooth stones, and the kind of quiet that feels earned. Can you guess where this is?

#Trinidad #DailyInspiration #Photography #ForestScenes #RiverMood #Travel #TravelPhotography

Quiet palms along the Ortoire River mouth by the Atlantic. Manzanilla named for manchineel’s ‘small apples’. Be careful though. The Manchineel will kill you. #dailyinspiration #travelphotography #CaribbeanVibes

Bacolet, Tobago. Shade, sea, and not much else. Which is exactly the point.

#Tobago #Bacolet #DailyInspiration #Photography #CoastalCalm #travel #travelphotography #beachphoto

Shark Hole, Barbados. No sharks, just a carved-out cove with calm water and coral cliffs. Easy to miss, but so worth the detour!

#Barbados #SharkHole #DailyInspiration #Photography #HiddenSpots

A driveway near Parlatuvier, Tobago. Just morning light, moss on concrete, and no reason to rush anywhere.

#Tobago #DailyInspiration #Photography #IslandScenes #CaribbeanMood #travelwriter #travel

El Misti over Arequipa. It hasn’t erupted in centuries, but it’s still active. Looks calm now.

#Arequipa #DailyInspiration #Misti #Peru #PhotographyNotes

Midday at Huaca Pucllana. You take a short walk and end up face to face with a pyramid in the middle of Lima. No fanfare, just bricks and time.

#Lima #HuacaPucllana #DailyInspiration #CityLayers #PhotographyNotes #travel #travelphotography #photography

Huacachina, Peru. A palm-lined oasis in the middle of the sand. Everyone’s here for the dunes, but this quiet moment was the better view.

#Huacachina #Peru #DailyInspiration #Photography #DesertOasis #TravelNotes #TravelWriter #TravelBlogger

Home is where you make it. In less than two months, I'll be making somewhere else home. But then I'll miss shots like these.
#trinidadandtobago #trinidad #carnival #costume #dailyinspiration

A quiet fountain in Cusco, Peru. Stopped because I saw alpacas. Even the stone ones have presence.

#Cusco #AlpacasAreMajestic #DailyInspiration #StreetScenes #TravelNotes #Travel #Photography

Somewhere before Salkantay Pass. The air felt thin, the sky felt heavy, and I stopped pretending the mountain owed me anything.

#Salkantay #Peru #DailyInspiration #MountainPhotography #TrekkingNotes #Travel #SeeTheWorld

Lima stays grey more often than not. But in Comandante Espinar, early enough in the day, there’s a kind of calm that makes the color stand out. You just have to look for it.

#Lima #DailyInspiration #ComandanteEspinar #UrbanPhotography #CityDetails

I've heard so many good things about this national park.

Dead fan, sticky heat, one napkin he cannot ignore. Room 203 keeps whispering. Chapter III of No One Dies in Tobago just dropped on Patreon.
www.patreon.com/JDWritesTT
#Mystery #CrimeFiction #Caribbean #Noir #IndieAuthor #Reading

Maracas Lookout, Trinidad. That stretch before the descent, where the sea pulls your attention and the trees frame the edge just right.

#Trinidad #DailyInspiration #Photography #MaracasLookout #IslandViews #CoastalFrame #Travel #TravelPhotography

Passed the old Usine Ste. Madeleine stack today and felt the whole sugar story press in, factories gone quiet, ghosts still loud. Full reel on how King Sugar reshaped our islands and us. Read on if you’re ready to hear the echoes.
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#Caribbean #Sugar #History #HistoryWednesdays

Valencia River, Trinidad. A quiet bend in the trail, filtered light, everything green and gold. You don’t plan these shots — you just catch them.

#Trinidad #ValenciaRiver #DailyInspiration #Photography #NatureScenes #HikingViews

A crumpled napkin. A number that won’t let Sten forget.
Chapter III of No One Dies in Tobago just dropped on Patreon, come see why 203 changes everything.
www.patreon.com/JDWritesTT

#Mystery #CrimeFiction #Caribbean #Tobago #Noir #IndieAuthor

That’s not a storm, just a sky with too many ideas. Shot this off the coast of St. Lucia.

#StLucia #DailyInspiration #Photography #CaribbeanCoast #TravelNotes #Travel #Water #TravelPhotography