The way I see this beautiful world pass before my eyes.
When I first learned about Bitcoin I was living in Thailand, around 2013. I spent two hours reading about it and became instantly excited because it seemed a way to escape the tyranny of the executive class, with its corrupt politicians and an overall rigged system against little Joe. I spent another two hours trying … Read more
On the long Easter Weekend of Saturday, April 20, 2019, I Karel Kosman will be marrying the ever lovely Melasel Gerdane Espinosa at Padi Beach Resort in Oton, Iloilo City. Just go to Oton along the main road (yellow one in map above), past the Gaisano Oton (shopping mall), take the dirt road across the 7/11 … Read more
Visited mom in Vancouver and she made me go through my big precious box from childhood that she has been lugging around so many years while moving from place to place in Vancouver and paying for the storage. Most of it was photographs, but I did manage to greatly reduce the box of sentimental paraphernalia … Read more
A quick recap. The last place I had a viable option of setting up a dream resort on a paradise beach is in the Perhentian Islands. But the Muslim owners typically frown on my beer consumption, and are somewhat unsettled by my ambition. Everything must go slow they say. They already revealed to me that … Read more
A quick synopsis, I was leaving Thailand on the motorbike I owned on an island for two years with a long held dream to drive around Asia. But when I got to the Malaysian border they did not let me continue because not everything was in order concerning my bike papers. I drove around looking … Read more
I stayed at a budget hostel hotel in Sandakan, Borneo for a month, making their webpage and online marketing in exchange for free accommodation. The owner there turned out to be rather dishonest, feeding me pipe dreams of a 60% profit share of her business for running it. She offered the same to a friend … Read more
Finished exploring Malaysia and Indonesia for a while, too hard to find beers and too expensive, so decided will try Christian Asia for a while, head to the Philippines. Was an American colony, everyone speaks good English, beer cheap and everywhere. Above is a local mini bus, everywhere in Manila, the nation’s capital. … Read more
Rather long awaited perhaps, but lots has been happening and wanted to complete it as a package (pictures, videos, storyline). For at least a decade or two I had an increasingly burning ambition to land on some paradise beach, with perfect weather year round, stay there for two years until I got bored of the … Read more
This page will be a part of a series of updates of my travels, but specifically focuses on a possible resort venture that I have been searching for for a longer time. It is primarily addressed at potential investors. The Perhentian Islands are still relatively unscathed from overt commercialism and there are still many undeveloped … Read more
Just uploaded another round of pictures to https://picasaweb.google.com/103781745144117972393/KohPhangan# More or less the same but always beautiful things to find. Have started making preparations for the big bike trip, which I hope to launch around end April, assuming I’ll have everything ready by then. Such as four waterproof big bicycle bags which I plan to strap … Read more