Archives
How To Get Arrested in Athens
Or, The Day Bangkok Nearly Ruined My Honeymoon. If I had a list of rules for travelers, right up near the top I would write "Don’t Get [...]
When Do You Leave?
A few years ago I met a fellow backpacker in the Cyclades. While waiting to catch our boat over a few beers we swapped stories. As [...]
One Night in Bangkok
Bangkok is a popular spot for overnight layovers. With planes coming in from both sides of the Pacific, sometime flights that have lasted nearly an [...]
The Cities I Miss Most
Writing for a living means spending a lot of time in the lives of other people. If you can't talk to someone for a half hour and come [...]
Rules for Flying
Yesterday I wrote an open letter to the passenger in front of me on my flight back from Lima. I'll give her credit, in the quest to [...]
Coffee, Coffee and, well… Coffee!
Legend has it that Ernest Hemingway advised aspiring writers to "write drunk, edit sober." Whether or not the legendary novelist ever actually said this (he [...]
Things I’ve Learned About Freelance Writing
I've been a full time writer since early 2012 now, a lot longer than my early expectations for this career of "roughly 15 minutes and a cup [...]
What a Dollar Buys
Eating while traveling (especially backpacking) is an odd sport. On the one hand, food is an essential part of place. Trying to figure out a [...]
Gadgets, Gear and More
Tonight I'm fighting with my computer, so first off sorry if there are more typos than usual. (Dark forces have possessed my keyboard, on which now [...]