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Feedback Loops

We’ve had good days where one thing happens after another. Good or bad, things are…

Guidance Systems

We are constantly in search of what to do and how to do it. We…

I Suspend Judgement

As we walked into our apartment in Osaka and got unpacked, Shell sat down and…

A Love Letter

Everything I read on how to write better blog posts has similar advice for the…

Travel Is No Cure

Something else is. “You need a change of soul rather than a change of climate.”…

Hello, Western Hemisphere

I’ve just added a new page full of reading suggestions and podcasts to listen to. You…

India Went Deep

This isn’t about meditation I sat next to a man for ten days and never…

Waiting For The Right Time Is a Prime Example of Wasting Time

First, a quick aside: I wrote the majority of this during the MLK Day weekend…

New Photography Page is Up!

I’m excited to tell you the galleries are mostly updated on the Photography page. Nepal…

2017 in Review

In 2015 I posted a picture to Instagram taken at my old apartment on West…

Fooling Yourself

Mike Dariano’s The Waiter’s Pad should be more widely read. I’m sure his readership has…

Advice to my Younger Self

Staying silent for ten days and focusing on one single thing for 12-14 hours of…

Happy Thanksgiving – Update // Reading & Podcast List

While everyone back home takes time out for Thanksgiving and shows gratitude towards one another…

Wiesbaden // Köln // Ibbenbüren

Wiesbaden: July 23-27 | Ibbenbüren: July 27-29 With our home base in Wiesbaden, a small…

Goals and changing beds every 2.26 nights 

Greetings from Morocco! Couscous the turtle says hi from our riad in Marrakech. He’s a…

Bruges and Damme // Cycling the Belgian Countryside

July 18-21 Bruges Bruges is a beautiful town, many of you reading will likely already…

Rafting the Drina River and Hiking Sutjeska in Bosnia and Montenegro

August 15-18 After Belgrade and spending a lot of time in cities Shell was aching…

Diving into Bosnia // A Day in Mostar // A Week in Sarajevo

Aug 26-27: Mostar | Aug 27-Sep1: Sarajevo Strap in, this one’s long, and I hope…

Theroux’s Road Trip // Our Balkan Road Trip // Dubrovnik

Zaton and Dubrovnik: August 23-26 Yesterday, September 1st, we arrived in Trogir, Croatia. Not far…

Exploring and Eating in Prague

August 7-9 It is a fairy tale type place. Visually, some mix of Disney, Hogwarts…

Belgrade, Where We Met Banksy

August 11-12 Ljubljana | August 12-15 Belgrade We spent Friday evening, August 11th, in Ljubljana…

Amsterdam // Schiedam & Nolet

July 14-18 You should try watching Tom & Jerry in German sometime, I think it’s…
Wiesbaden Hauptbahnhof

Onward from Wiesbaden, with a stop in Ibbenbüren

I write this, sitting on a small balcony overlooking a courtyard at our AirBnB in…

Impermanence and Your Fear of Death // Catacombs and Crypts

July 11-14 As part of our experience in Rome, we took a tour of catacombs…
Negroni Time

Bologna // Rome

July 7-11 We are flying over the Alps today, July 14th, to spend two weeks…

Aziz Ansari // Enzo Ferrari // Massimo Bottura // Modena

July 10 The cicadas were already in full orchestra near the train station outside of…
Firenze Sunset Overlooking Florence

It wasn’t until the string quartet

July 9 Florence is a beautiful city, just look up some pictures. It wasn’t singing…
Grinzane Cavour Evening Light

Population: < 1000 | Novello, Barolo, Grinzane Cavour

July 6-7 It’s 4 PM on Thursday while I write this and we’ve already turned…
Milano Cables

At the roundabout ahead – mostly Milano

July 4-6 After a quick few hours in Milano, we headed southwest via car. We…

Leaving New York City

I certainly haven’t fully processed what’s about to happen. Or, I’m so distracted by all…

South East Asia 2013 – First Thoughts & Index of Links

“Indo-China is a great bay-window bulging from the southeastern corner of Asia, its casements opening…

South East Asia 2013 – Introduction

“No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests…

Cambodia – Day One – Siem Reap

We arrived on time in Siem Reap. It was wet and dark, sometime after 10:30…

Cambodia – Day Two – Angkor & Temples

It was a wet morning, drenched actually. We find Sohm and three other tuk-tuk drivers…

Cambodia – Day Three – Let’s Play Chicken

“I dislike feeling at home when I am abroad.” -George Bernard Shaw This is the…

Cambodia – Day Four – Phnom Penh & Khmer Rouge

“Cities were always like people, showing their varying personalities to the traveler. Depending on the…

Cambodia – Day Five – Phnom Penh Palaces

Our last day in Phnom Penh we decided to make it over to the Royal…

Vietnam – Day Six – Saigon & Cu Chi Tunnels

We woke in Saigon, now Ho Chi Minh City. I had read many of the…

Vietnam – Day Seven – Saigon & History

We took in more history today by going to the War Remnants Museum and the…

Vietnam – Day Eight – Hoi An

We stir early for an AM flight from Saigon to Da Nang. From Da Nang…

Vietnam – Day Nine – Beach Day

“Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” ― Marthe Troly-Curtin Beach day! We trek…

Vietnam – Day Ten – Leaving Hoi An for Hong Kong

Of course, before we left we had to finish up our tailoring arrangements and we…

Hong Kong – Day Eleven – Spicy Crab

Hong Kong, being one of the finance capitals of the world, is a proper and…

Hong Kong – Day Twelve – Snapping the City

“Unfortunately, the clock is ticking, the hours are going by. The past increases, the future…

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