“If you wish to travel far and fast, travel light. Take off all your envies, jealousies, unforgiveness, selfishness and fears.“

Curated by Desa Eko, a sustainable mountain retreat nestled in the hills of Bali, this playlist feels like golden hour through your headphones - perfect for when you're journaling in a beachside café or gazing out the window on a train to nowhere.

Share your go-to travel playlist or podcast with us. Whether it's road trip anthems or deep-dive travel stories, we want to hear and feature what fuels your adventures!

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Maadae Slow Fish Kitchen

📍Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Founded by Yao-Yaowadee Chukong, a former temple kitchen escapee turned food activist, Maadae Slow Fish Kitchen is where Thai flavors meet a mission for better food systems.

Yao grew up dodging her mother’s curry critiques in Phatthalung but eventually found her rhythm in real, intuitive cooking. From Chiang Mai’s Bird Nest Café to Maadae, she’s stayed true to one mission: serve honest, seasonal food rooted in community.

Working with small-scale fishers in Chumphon, Maadae serves whatever the sea provides - no MSG, no shortcuts, just flavour that lingers. Her young kitchen team is trained to carry the slow food movement forward, one soulful dish at a time.

And if you’re lucky to catch one of Yao’s backyard music nights, you’ll get it.

Yao also happens to be the mentor of P’Panda from Dear Phangan, another spot we featured in our very first newsletter edition.

In this week’s What’s Hot & What’s Not by real travellers like yourself, say Hi to Federica.

A digital nomad for over 3 years, Federica has lived in more than 4 countries. She loves slow traveling (that is to spend at least 1 month in each place she visits), getting to know the local people and their traditions. She's passionate about music, and wherever she goes, she delves into the local music scene. Traveling keeps her creative and constantly challenges her. It’s a way for her to step out of her comfort zone and a constant reminder that everything is impermanent—and that can be beautiful too 🌞

🔥 What’s Hot

flexibility & adaptability, slow travel, getting to know locals, eat what locals eat, random walks, observe materials and colors of local architecture, discover unexpected music venues, spend time in the local nature, getting bored during flights, solo meals, local markets, natural & bio anti-mosquito spray (those who travel to Asia will understand), sharing spaces, learn life lessons from traveling, laugh through unforeseen events.

❄️ What’s Not

detailed plans, having expectations on places, demanding that everyone speaks english, being totally disinterested in local culture, credit card being sucked into the atm, forgetting the airplane pillow, neck pain because you forgot the airplane pillow, tourist scammers, taking more photos than actual memories, feel FOMO if you realise you need to just take a break from traveling lol

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