BEGINNING

I Left My Job — Field Notes & Travel Stories from the Road

I'm Russell — a bartender by trade, a traveler by choice, and a very bad storyteller somewhere in between. PS: Polished by AI~

I Quit. OOO PERMANENT. - AI- Generated.

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Maldives - Deep South

Fuvahmulah: No Lagoon, No Filter, Just Big Shark Energy, Into the Blue Unknown Where Tiger Sharks Rule.

FUVAHMULAH, MALDIVES

Recent dispatches

Back to Amed, Bali — 8 years later: diving the USS Liberty wreck, charcoal-grilled fish in the hills, and quiet starlit nights on the eastern coast.

Back to Chiang Mai: Cicadas, Silver Nights, and Familiar Faces.

Returning to the Dive Sites That Started It All

A running list of the Singapore bars I enjoy — from friendly neighbourhood to world-ranked icons.

Hong Kong, Revisited

Georgetown, Penang in 2025: A Year of Returning.