Appreciation post: The cafe owner in Chiang Mai who changed how I see slow travel

I met a man named Anan at his small coffee shop near the old city wall last month. He told me, 'You people come here for two weeks and try to see everything. I have lived here forty years and still find new corners.' That simple line made me cancel my next flight and book a place for three months instead. Has anyone else had a local person give you advice that really shifted your plans?

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uma_webb289d ago

My old travel style was a checklist of sights. I rushed through cities just to get the photo. Then a fisherman in Maine told me the real story of his town wasn't in the guidebook, it was in the morning fog on the water. I stayed an extra week just to see that fog. Now I plan trips around people, not places.

bettywilson9d ago

You stayed an EXTRA WEEK for fog?