Lola Méndez has been traveling full-time for nine years and has visited 90 countries. Chiang Mai kept drawing her back, so after her dad died, she decided to move to Thailand. Now, she pays $355 per ...

This article follows the Direct Message methodology, designed to cut through the noise and reveal the deeper truths behind the stories we live. I decided to spend a year in Chiang Mai on a tight ...

Katherine Phillips was burned out, so she left San Diego and moved to Chiang Mai, Thailand, in 2019. She works remotely on a Destination Thailand Visa and lives in a $340-a-month apartment. She says ...