Friendly Planet

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As I checked my email in Ao Nang, a small resort-and-guesthouse-filled city in Krabi province in southern Thailand last week, I opened a well-placed forward from my mom. My good friend Matt and I had just spent two weeks taking Krabi by storm. After he returned to the States, a wave of sadness washed over me as I returned to traveling solo. While I do enjoy traveling alone, the following story reminded me why I miss so many of you back home:

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar and the 2 beers.

A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, he wordlessly picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was. Read the rest of this entry →

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“One’s destination is never a place,

but a new way of seeing things.”

Henry Miller

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Hello! Nihao! Sain baina uu! Tashi delek! Hola! Gutentag! Tudo bem? Sawat Dii! Sua s’dei! Sabai dii!(more to come)

Welcome to Friendly Planet - a blog about a new way to see the world. My name is Adrian and I just want to do some good. I’m currently traveling in Asia.

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