Is Puerto Rico Ready for Tourists?
Originally published in slightly edited form on The Street. I’m writing this to the white noise of Atlantic Ocean surf crashing against the beach. Down the bar a couple is giggling and working their way [...]
Barranco…
I came to Lima hoping to find a new side of this city. Cards on the table, I’ve never liked it here. That’s not to say I don’t like the people I've met here. In [...]
A Handful of Quotes
I'm currently in Lima to report on many of the forgotten communities that live on the periphery of this wealthy South American city. (It is, in fact, a follow up to some reporting I did [...]
Five Travel Writers To Get You Out The Door
Let's start by assuming the elephants in the room. Writers like Bill Bryson and Anthony Bourdain are terrific. I try to bring at least one of their books on every trip just to get the blood [...]
Beat The Blahs
It gets to everyone. Keep going long enough and sooner or later the constant parade of people, places and things starts to wear you down. The monuments become a blur and the conversations all starts to [...]
Best Of/Worst Of: Thailand
There are some places that stick to you. Places where even a vagabond like me can't help but look around and think, "I could live here. Toss down a throw rug, stick the wireless router in a corner, kill a [...]