Last updated Nov 12, 2018 | First published on Jul 1, 2015 | Laos
Sometime in the middle of the night, my fan exploded. I didn’t really have time to ponder why, after years and years of spinning above sleeping backpackers, that the ancient device finally decided to come apart on this given night. Screws, springs, and other assorted...
Last updated Nov 18, 2018 | First published on Dec 22, 2013 | Returning Home
I was supposed to tell you about motorbiking all over the hilly interior of Siquijor Island in the Philippines, clacking through volcano gears on a quest. How that after much effort, I located one of the famous “witch doctors” there. And how I negotiated...
Last updated Jul 31, 2021 | First published on Sep 10, 2012 | Malaysia
After nearly seven years on the road, some of which were spent procrastinating on nice islands within my comfort zone, I have decided to face my travel nemesis: India. I promptly grabbed one of the cheap flights to Kuala Lumpur from Bangkok. I’ve got good...
Last updated Nov 16, 2018 | First published on Apr 28, 2012 | Vagabonding Begins
I could smell Bangkok as soon as they opened the cabin doors. The delicious humidity crept into the plane like a phantom mist, as did the smell of exhaust and open sewage. The heat was shocking — May is the hottest month of the year in Thailand. I unconsciously...
Last updated Oct 4, 2021 | First published on Jul 2, 2011 | Vagabonding Begins
It occurred to me that I have racked up over 100K miles in the air flying to and from Asia over the last five years. This last experience certainly has to be one of the most maddening; I think a little part of my cerebral cortex wilted away on this flight. Somehow...
