ryan nicholsBangkok: One City, Indivisible..Sometimes, I have really incredible timing with the things that I do. I can meet someone by pure chance in a far flung place who will go…May 22, 2019May 22, 2019
ryan nicholsWhy Istanbul, Turkey?Unless you really flunked out of world history, I would have to estimate that nearly everybody knows this place in some way or another…May 13, 2019May 13, 2019
ryan nicholsJakarta: Ascending DescentJakarta is sinking. Literally right as I was flying from Tokyo-Haneda airport to Jakarta’s massive Soekarno-Hatta in Cengkareng (the…May 8, 2019May 8, 2019
ryan nicholsWhy Bangkok, Thailand?Come on, you know about this place. Just reading that name above already gives you a bunch of thoughts. Be it the food, the elephants, the…May 5, 2019May 5, 2019
ryan nicholsWhy Jakarta, Indonesia?I attempted to start this with my previous trip to Malaysia, but now I think it’s a good idea to make this a series. In case I don’t write…Apr 30, 20191Apr 30, 20191
ryan nicholsWhy Malaysia?When I was a kid and had one of those “fact” books or whatever that DK put out, I remember thinking the Petronas Towers were the coolest…Feb 20, 2019Feb 20, 2019
ryan nicholsyou are here: a 2018 retrospectiveRyan Nichols recaps an interesting year.Dec 25, 2018Dec 25, 2018
ryan nicholsNanjing: The Forgotten CapitalLet’s begin this with a brief Chinese lesson — I promise it’ll be simpler than you think. The Chinese word for capital is “jing”…Sep 28, 2018Sep 28, 2018
ryan nicholsBeijing: Go Hard or Go HomeWhen my Airbnb host (and new best friend) Figue and I arrived at the ubiquitous Luckin Coffee (China’s answer to Starbucks and Costa), she…Sep 11, 2018Sep 11, 2018