• Story Short: Vietnamese visa on-arrival scuffle
  As the plane bore low above the ground beneath, shroud of moonlessness bolstered the legion speckles of neon white, intertwined with veins of amber and ruby; while hovering alarmingly close over Saigon, the landing was akin to slicing onto a field of gems and diamonds. My excitement was pulsing to the luminous electrification. I’d be in the city sooner if it ...

• Story Short: Directions from a homeless Malay
• Story Short: The canyon-swung dislodgement

Hi, Dylan here.

I’m a travel writer, photographer and social media chronicler. Oh, and I used to hate travelling – until that fateful reconciliation on a trip in 2008 that left me hooked. I’m currently exploring the world as a storyteller, hitchhiker, foodie, seeker of kindness and life enthusiast.
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The Sound Of: Clamour of bells in a Thai temple

“The carved beams were the first to greet me as I ambled down the street in Chiang Mai, on my futile search for food. Then, retracing my footsteps, I returned to the temple to see the temple in its full glory – crimson roof of strips of wood in downward strokes above the white-washed building, with the ornamented end pieces clung with tiny bells, whispering in metallic clamour whenever breezes brushed by.”
Listen to the sound here.

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