Retouristing with Jim Cirillo: Using Thailand to Reinvent Yourself [S6.E44]

Ed interviews his old friend Jim Cirillo, a good example of a
repeat tourist (or re-tourist) to Thailand, the sizeable
population of people all over the world who keep coming back to
Thailand but for a variety of reasons have decided not to live
here. A global Thailand fan club, if you will. 


The guys begin by recounting Jim's first visit to Thailand in
2002, when traffic was even more chaotic and elephants roamed the
streets of Bangkok. Fast forward to 2016, and Jim returned to get
a break from his high stress corporate lifestyle, and he more or
less fell in love with the openness and relaxed nature of Thai
society. It helped that Jim is a musician that he found the
Bangkok music scene welcoming and savvy to western music such as
jazz and blues. 


His return also turned him on to the digital nomads working in
Chiang Mai, a discovery that would eventually lead Jim to
starting his own podcast about reinventing yourself in the
digital age. Check out Jim Jim's Reinvention Revolution
here. 


Thailand thus became a place for Jim to connect with interesting
people who were hip to how technology was changing careers and
the economy. Further, Jim explains how Bangkok is a fantastic hub
for travel to other destinations, from Cambodia to the
Philippines to Bali. The long and short of it: a re-tourist to
Thailand was born. :)


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