Last updated May 27, 2023 | First published on May 25, 2023 | Working to Travel
Back in the throes of wintry January, I combed through thousands of travel photos to create a collection of my remote “offices” as a digital nomad from the past 16 years. My plan was to make a short blog post. But looking through so many photos of warm, happy places...
Last updated Nov 30, 2022 | First published on Oct 26, 2022 | USA
I truly had no idea what to expect from Astra Lumina at Anakeesta in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. Few people did. After all, the enchanted night walk is the first of its kind in the United States. At one bend in the trail, I could look down at the busy lights of downtown...
Last updated Apr 6, 2023 | First published on Oct 18, 2022 | Misc
This is a post about how the book Vagabonding by Rolf Potts affected the trajectory of my life. Rolf recently released an updated version of Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide to the Art of Long-Term World Travel (along with another brand-new book) that has just hit...
Last updated Sep 19, 2022 | First published on Aug 15, 2022 | Studying Shaolin in China
In the fall of 2007, I went to study kung fu in China. The experience was one of the strangest and most painful of my vagabonding travel adventures. If you’ve ever wondered what it was like to study kung fu in China (specifically, Shaolin in the place where it...
Last updated May 4, 2022 | First published on May 4, 2022 | Nepal
Gearing up in Kathmandu for trekking in Nepal wasn’t nearly as enjoyable as I had fantasized. But having just left Thailand during one of the hottest months (April), I was dreadfully unprepared for mountain weather. Looking down at my shorts and flip-flops, I...
