thailand
Thailand: best street food on the planet. Temples that are simultaneously gaudy and sublime. Chiang Mai is a kind of paradise. Elephants are their own kind of bodhisattva. The islands are another energetic plane. The Koh Phangan full moon parties on the beach show you another dimension of time and space. The isolated peninsula of Railey is one of my most favorite places on earth. I began and ended my backpacking of Southeast Asia here in what can only be described as a place where time stops and accelerates in synchronicity.
