One Night In Athens
A trip to Greece usually means a visit to Athens. Almost every international flight will route through this packed capital, where the history is thick and the layovers long. (Punctuality is not high on the [...]
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 only a handful of command keys work, random letters are [...]
Tips for characters in travel movies
So you’ve found yourself trapped in a travel movie. Signs of this are breathtaking panoramas, swelling music played by indie bands and an initial sense of existential listlessness that gradually gives way to open-eyed wonder. (Also possible: [...]
Traveling To Troubled Places
Sooner or later wanderlust takes you places mom warned you not to go. The streets are kinda dark and access to cash gets a bit hinky. Cops have more decorations than a shopping mall Santa. The State Department’s histrionic watch list [...]
A Rocking Beer Scene… In Peru
It's a little known fact that many historians blame beer for the rise of human civilization. Back when we were all hunter/gatherer types, the thinking goes, we more or less had enough to eat. Societies were small enough [...]
My Favorite Travel Movies
There's nothing quite like the right story for inspiring people to pack their bags and head out into the great unknown. It's what we travel writers depend on for a living after all. Admittedly that's not [...]