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Cameron Knott

Trip Report: Southeast Asia '22

Trip Report: Southeast Asia '22

My travels through Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam roughly followed the lower Mekong river, but there were sadly no boat rides. Reflections * Vietnam felt richer than Cambodia. Cambodia felt richer than Laos. And the richer nation was more enjoyable to travel. * Vietnamese food was phenomenal. One of the best cuisines

Trip Report: Brunei & KL '22

Trip Report: Brunei & KL '22

Summary * Brunei is a great destination for Singaporeans on an eco-tourism package. Singapore dollars are used everywhere, and the jungle landscape (seems) lovely. * Kuala Lumpur is a great place to work remotely. * Coffee hand grinders can make airport security suspicious. * Airports don’t have Wi-Fi. 2022 Aug 07

What I've learnt about traveling

What I've learnt about traveling

I spent my 20s pointedly not traveling anywhere. Then in 2019 two of my dearest friends organised a sweepingly gorgeous wedding in Assam, and the fire for travel was lit forever within my soul. If you are planning a trip, allow me to offer these hard learnt lessons so you

How to build a travel map in R

How to build a travel map in R

I used to catalogue my holidays using Polarsteps. It's a great app for tracking your travels, sharing photos and keeping a journal as you go. But my organising tendencies cannot abide the minor but regular inaccuracies of the Polarsteps travel tracker. Instead, I built my own map in

A traveler's packing list

A traveler's packing list

I love it when a flight takes off at the start of a new journey. But I never shake the feeling once the tires leave the tarmac that I forgot something essential. So long as you have your phone, passport and wallet on your person, then there's no

The best things I read online in 2018

The best things I read online in 2018

There’s no shortage of good things to read, the trick is finding them. Here are the most interesting, enjoyable or teachable articles I read this year, and why they matter. We Live in the Tail End This year has been more real than most that we have strictly finite