Nicole Thompson 8/21/18 Nicole Thompson 8/21/18

Crumbling City, George Town, PENANG

If you are creatively minded you are especially going to enjoy wandering the streets of the George Town UNESCO world heritage site. They are lined with crumbling, pre-second world war Chinese shop houses, most of which don’t seem to have had much restoration and with all the original signage, so it really feels like stepping back in time.

Nicole Thompson 6/27/17 Nicole Thompson 6/27/17

Location Independence ~ KOH LANTA

Before making the switch, I spent the past 5 years working 9-5 in a marketing job in London. The job was good, but I started asking myself the question, what do I REALLY want to be doing? How do I REALLY want to be spending my life?

Nicole Thompson 6/13/17 Nicole Thompson 6/13/17

The Beatles Ashram ~ Risikesh, INDIA

Set in the Rajaji Tiger reserve at the foot of the Himalayas in Rishikesh~the valley of saints, sits the abandoned 'Maharishi Mahesh Yogi Ashram'. It was coined 'The Beatles Ashram' after the Beatles visited in 1968 to attended a transcendental meditation training session with the Maharishi...

Nicole Elizabeth Thompson 4/13/17 Nicole Elizabeth Thompson 4/13/17

Fingal Head ~ AUSTRALIA

It can be a little challenging living back on the Gold Coast after 10 + years overseas in the UK & Europe. Although the beaches are beautiful...

Nicole Elizabeth Thompson 12/20/16 Nicole Elizabeth Thompson 12/20/16

Namaste Candidasa ~ BALI

OK I know I have talked about a lot of special places on this blog, but this one takes the cake. I almost don't want to post about The Gedong Gandhi Ashram in Candidasa because it holds such a special place in my heart...

Nicole Elizabeth Thompson 5/9/15 Nicole Elizabeth Thompson 5/9/15

Lovely Lisbon, PORTUGAL

I fell hard for Lisbon, the cobbled streets, the architecture, the trams from the 1930's, the custard tarts, the way that the balmy streets are alive with late night diners and the people...