Category: InnerSpace

The following articles may be inappropriate for children. They may also offend certain readers. Free speech is a beautiful thing.

Cleanliness is next to Godliness —John Wesley, 1778 The essential stuff: Surgical face mask Toilet paper (flattened half-roll) Wet naps 2-oz vial of peppermint Doctor Bronner’s Pure-Castile liquid soap Pink salt Coconut oil Baking soda (and/or arrowroot powder) Plastic bags MMS Thieves Oil On a good day, I arrive at the airport sparkling clean. Nothing […]

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This article is not medical advice. You are probably familiar with the Paleo-diet, eating “Keto” or other soundbites related to the low-carb lifestyle. Often, such conversations focus on weight-loss and chronic health conditions. Here at InnerNational Travel, however, we would like to highlight the convenience of being “fat-adapted” while on vacation, at an airport or […]

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*NOTE: though Cantonese is sometimes referred to as “Chinese”, I am using its more common usage to mean Mandarin. After a year of stammering my way through ordering coffees in Chinese (and asking where the toilet was), I finally enrolled in Mandarin classes. Fortunately, I was somewhat familiar with the basics: I could (almost) count […]

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“ZERO!” I shouted at the heavyset bartender, in a circle of sweaty strippers. It just happened, that was the exact moment the club’s techno music paused before another repetitive drop. The entire bar heard me with crystal clarity. When the beat continued its Gameboy-sounding drone, a few moments later, it was accompanied by the groans […]

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