Morning in Koh Lanta

The sun climbs higher in the eastern sky. At this time of day, just after dawn, the air is silky and cool and my north facing terrace is the perfect place to watch the landscape brighten through pinks and golds. Later, the heat of the tropical sun will press down like an iron fist, flattening…

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Meditation at the edge of the jungle

I have crossed the sea into another world entirely. Modern life brought me here. Planes, trains and cars, online booking and airport terminals. All the tools of contemporary culture coalesced into a pathway, an invisible road that deposited me here and then quietly disappeared. Each day stretches languidly in the heat and I’m aware only…

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