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Headwinds buffet Thailand’s ‘sea nomads’, in Nikkei Asia

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PHANG NGA, Thailand — “I get a lot of motivation from the life I chose,” says Lena Bumiller-Klathale, a 34-year-old German who has traded her European past for a life on the ocean in Asia. “Living on a boat without running water could be seen as backward, but sailing to a beautiful bay and taking […]

MERIAN Thailand

May 28, 2019tomLeave a Comment

I contributed eight pages on Bangkok, Chiang Mai, Thai history and my favorite place in Thailand (can you guess where? See above pic) to MERIAN Magazine. The current issue of Germany’s classic travel publication focuses exclusively on Thailand.