Stuart McDonald
@travelfish.bsky.social
Asia-based, Australian-made. Founder of Travelfish, author of Couchfish, serial moaner, and late to most parties. Rambles on travel, tourism garbage fires, hot bowls and cold drinks.
Australian moves to a tropical country, discovers it is humid and mouldy, has tropical diseases, insects and bugs, and it’s hard to make friends because the joint is “transient”.
Quality content.
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Quality content.
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Thinking of selling up and moving to Bali? These are the downsides - realestate.com.au
Packing up the house and moving overseas to Bali sounds like a dream but anyone thinking about it needs to read this.
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November 18, 2025 at 1:49 AM
Australian moves to a tropical country, discovers it is humid and mouldy, has tropical diseases, insects and bugs, and it’s hard to make friends because the joint is “transient”.
Quality content.
www.realestate.com.au/news/thinkin...
Quality content.
www.realestate.com.au/news/thinkin...
How I can tell I’m back in Bali. This woman hounds me so.
November 15, 2025 at 12:35 PM
How I can tell I’m back in Bali. This woman hounds me so.
I’m at 35,000 feet over the middle of Australia and I just got an ad for a burger joint in Budapest.
November 15, 2025 at 7:33 AM
I’m at 35,000 feet over the middle of Australia and I just got an ad for a burger joint in Budapest.
Travelfish #560 The Scam Hotel Edition
A wrap on interesting travel, Southeast Asia, and other random stuff I’ve come across over the last week or so.
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A wrap on interesting travel, Southeast Asia, and other random stuff I’ve come across over the last week or so.
www.travelfish.org/newsletter/n...
Travelfish #560 The Scam Hotel Edition
A wrap on stuff worth reading
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November 12, 2025 at 10:36 PM
Travelfish #560 The Scam Hotel Edition
A wrap on interesting travel, Southeast Asia, and other random stuff I’ve come across over the last week or so.
www.travelfish.org/newsletter/n...
A wrap on interesting travel, Southeast Asia, and other random stuff I’ve come across over the last week or so.
www.travelfish.org/newsletter/n...
So great to be in Australia again & have some fraud clown run my card through the AppStore for $499.99. Card cancelled, of course replacement won’t be issued till after I’ve left. Exact same thing happened in March when last in Oz. Annoying. This crap never happens to me in Indonesia, Oz meanwhile…
November 11, 2025 at 12:54 PM
So great to be in Australia again & have some fraud clown run my card through the AppStore for $499.99. Card cancelled, of course replacement won’t be issued till after I’ve left. Exact same thing happened in March when last in Oz. Annoying. This crap never happens to me in Indonesia, Oz meanwhile…
Quality Sydney time. Cinema full of freeloaders (including Lyla & me)
November 10, 2025 at 7:44 AM
Quality Sydney time. Cinema full of freeloaders (including Lyla & me)
It’s been just so lovely to spend a week or so hanging out with my daughter in Sydney, but holy hell the ads on podcasts and youtube are absolute brain rot. I thought Indonesia was bad, but this stuff—the ageist stuff in particular—is just bonkers.
November 8, 2025 at 11:36 AM
It’s been just so lovely to spend a week or so hanging out with my daughter in Sydney, but holy hell the ads on podcasts and youtube are absolute brain rot. I thought Indonesia was bad, but this stuff—the ageist stuff in particular—is just bonkers.
Too bad Cheney didn’t kick the bucket in The Hague.
November 4, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Too bad Cheney didn’t kick the bucket in The Hague.
Travelfish #559 The Long Quiet Walk Edition
A wrap on interesting stuff I’ve come across over the last week or so.
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A wrap on interesting stuff I’ve come across over the last week or so.
www.travelfish.org/newsletter/n...
Travelfish #559 The Long Quiet Walk Edition
A wrap on stuff worth reading
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October 28, 2025 at 10:14 AM
Travelfish #559 The Long Quiet Walk Edition
A wrap on interesting stuff I’ve come across over the last week or so.
www.travelfish.org/newsletter/n...
A wrap on interesting stuff I’ve come across over the last week or so.
www.travelfish.org/newsletter/n...
Hey @legalnomads.com @nomadicnotes.bsky.social look what I found? Samsara in Bangkok about a million years ago!
October 19, 2025 at 2:40 AM
Hey @legalnomads.com @nomadicnotes.bsky.social look what I found? Samsara in Bangkok about a million years ago!
A wrap on interesting stuff somehow related to Southeast Asia I’ve come across over the last week or so. www.travelfish.org/newsletter/n...
Travelfish #558 The Bike + Mountains Edition
A wrap on stuff worth reading
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October 14, 2025 at 11:46 PM
A wrap on interesting stuff somehow related to Southeast Asia I’ve come across over the last week or so. www.travelfish.org/newsletter/n...
Moon set. South Bali.
October 6, 2025 at 9:26 PM
Moon set. South Bali.
Reposted by Stuart McDonald
behold the bold and brave washington post opinion section (under new management), lol
October 5, 2025 at 6:24 PM
behold the bold and brave washington post opinion section (under new management), lol
Nice to get out of the madhouse south for a night.
October 4, 2025 at 3:00 AM
Nice to get out of the madhouse south for a night.
Cooling off Aldo. Skye is unamused.
October 3, 2025 at 7:53 AM
Cooling off Aldo. Skye is unamused.
I know whining about the cost of foreign food in bali in naff, but 150,000 for a goddam burrito?
September 28, 2025 at 11:03 AM
I know whining about the cost of foreign food in bali in naff, but 150,000 for a goddam burrito?
A wrap on interesting Southeast Asia travel-ish stuff I’ve come across since last week. www.travelfish.org/newsletter/n...
Title photo by @faineg.bsky.social Some hard yards there Faine!
Title photo by @faineg.bsky.social Some hard yards there Faine!
Travelfish #556 The Less Late Edition
A wrap on stuff worth reading
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September 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A wrap on interesting Southeast Asia travel-ish stuff I’ve come across since last week. www.travelfish.org/newsletter/n...
Title photo by @faineg.bsky.social Some hard yards there Faine!
Title photo by @faineg.bsky.social Some hard yards there Faine!
“...learning is all about making your travels intentional—learn about the place & let that learning determine your intentions. By all means source your travel intelligence from wherever works for you, but use that to inform your own learning rather than replace it.
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Couchfish: What are your intentions?
You know you want to travel, but why?
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September 21, 2025 at 12:51 PM
“...learning is all about making your travels intentional—learn about the place & let that learning determine your intentions. By all means source your travel intelligence from wherever works for you, but use that to inform your own learning rather than replace it.
www.travelfish.org/couchfish/ne...
www.travelfish.org/couchfish/ne...
Travelfish #555 The Paving Over Paradise Edition
A wrap on interesting stuff I’ve read over the last week or so (yes, sorry, late again). www.travelfish.org/newsletter/n...
A wrap on interesting stuff I’ve read over the last week or so (yes, sorry, late again). www.travelfish.org/newsletter/n...
Travelfish #555 The Paving Over Paradise Edition
A wrap on stuff worth reading
www.travelfish.org
September 18, 2025 at 11:12 PM
Travelfish #555 The Paving Over Paradise Edition
A wrap on interesting stuff I’ve read over the last week or so (yes, sorry, late again). www.travelfish.org/newsletter/n...
A wrap on interesting stuff I’ve read over the last week or so (yes, sorry, late again). www.travelfish.org/newsletter/n...
“Facts are important.” Really thoughtful discussion between @barackobama.bsky.social and @hcrichardson.bsky.social about the rise of social media and its impact on liberal democracy. Particularly from around the 25 minute mark. youtu.be/EM9B8Qin9ac?...
President Barack Obama in Conversation with Heather Cox Richardson | The Connecticut Forum
YouTube video by Barack Obama
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September 18, 2025 at 11:56 AM
“Facts are important.” Really thoughtful discussion between @barackobama.bsky.social and @hcrichardson.bsky.social about the rise of social media and its impact on liberal democracy. Particularly from around the 25 minute mark. youtu.be/EM9B8Qin9ac?...
Missing person in Bali, last seen around Padang Padang late August. Deets & pics in post below. 🙏
LI post here: www.linkedin.com/posts/jasonc...
LI post here: www.linkedin.com/posts/jasonc...
September 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Missing person in Bali, last seen around Padang Padang late August. Deets & pics in post below. 🙏
LI post here: www.linkedin.com/posts/jasonc...
LI post here: www.linkedin.com/posts/jasonc...