#Asian Travel

[melodramaticwanderlust]

📍Chiangmai CAD Khomloy Sky Lantern Festival, Thailand

from thailand_adel on tiktok

[lotusinjadewell]

Illustrations of Vietnamese food. Credit to Le Rin.

[ginaraemitchell]

Book Review: Pacific Dash: From Asia Vagabond to Casino King by Chet Nairene | Fascinating Autobiographical Fiction

Book Review: Pacific Dash: From Asia Vagabond to Casino King by Chet Nairene | Fascinating Autobiographical Fiction PACIFIC DASH is the colorful new novel tracking the vagabond life journey of Dashiell Bonaventure, a young American who roams Asia for decades, visiting beaches, vice dens and casinos, all in pursuit of thrills and truth. This vivid work of gaudy fiction transports readers to exotic worlds and is designed to satisfy all fans of armchair global travel, adventure fiction or romance. #BookReview

Book Review: Pacific Dash: From Asia Vagabond to Casino King by Chet Nairene Book Details ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Purchase Links for Pacific Dash Amazon-OneLink for all countries    BookShop/IndieBound ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ My thoughts on Pacific Dash PACIFIC DASH offers readers a glimpse into the colorful back alleys of Asia, providing a rich tapestry of festivals, cultural practices, and vice…

[vintage-tigre]

[elinerlina2]

Rice fields in Bali, Indonesia 🌴

[saphmiu]

/mexicanfaerie in Japan

[taiyouvt]

ラーメン ２０２４年７月

[iko66]

Bagan, Myanmar

[melodramaticwanderlust]

📍Ao Nang Beach, Thailand

from thailand_adel on tiktok

[lotusinjadewell]

Huế, Vietnam. Credit to itscthinh (Instagram).

[theneondreaming]

[haedalkoo]

Are You Sure!? Trailer Thoughts

jikookers how are we feeling after this trailer? personally I AM UNWELL

I wanted to talk a little about the catchphrase they used on Twitter: "청춘 아니가, 낭만이지!" which they translated as "This is what I call youth!", but in my humble opinion it loses A LOT of the actual meaning (and it will drive you crazy.)

The literal translation is: "this isn't youth, this is romance!"

NOW DON'T PANIC. I had the same wide-eyed reaction until I pulled my years of Korean learning out of the back of my brain and remembered that, although the literal way to translate 낭만 (nangman) is romance/romantic, it leans into the meaning of "romanticizing something". I'm romanticizing this moment right now, this is ideal, perfect, beautiful. Not so much related to romantic love, but still pretty different from "youth."

The concept of youth, in Korean literature/media/culture/society, as well as in other Asian cultures, is related to what all of you must recognize as the most beautiful moment in life. Both in Japanese and Korean, the word for youth can be picked apart to mean "blue spring" (靑春). It's also an incredibly romantic term to describe an idealized view of youth, that sense of freedom.

For them, this trip was more than a reminder of the freedom of youth. It was romantic– it was ideal. It's such a powerful statement.

I can't wait for August 🖤🤍

[elinerlina2]

Ban Gioc, one of Vietnam's most beautiful waterfalls