Last updated Nov 16, 2018 | First published on Oct 2, 2012 | India
Whap! The mirror from a speeding motorbike left a red mark on my right arm. I saw the driver nonchalantly bend it back into position to ready for impact with the next pedestrian. I focused my attention back to the Lonely Planet map I had cut out of the monstrous,...
Last updated Nov 12, 2018 | First published on Dec 1, 2009 | Colombia
After taking care of some business in Santa Marta such as finding a working ATM and admiring the first Santa Claus I have ever seen on a beach, we grabbed a 20-minute taxi across a sea cliff to the tourist village of Taganga, Colombia. I gave the driver his $3 and...
Last updated Nov 15, 2018 | First published on Nov 23, 2009 | Colombia
I had the eerie feeling that I was being watched. As I dug through my pocket for enough pesos to make the taxi driver happy, I was vaguely aware that there were people watching me from every shuttered window and from behind the black-iron security bars of every hidden...
Last updated Jun 23, 2020 | First published on Aug 13, 2009 | Thailand
As I write this, I am sat at an outside table on Soi Rambuttri in Bangkok, sipping Pepsi from a glass bottle they stopped using elsewhere in the world circa 1985, watching hordes of travelers from all walks of life go by. Beside me, two armchair philosophers are...
Last updated Nov 16, 2018 | First published on Oct 10, 2007 | China
A blind man plays music in the street I managed to navigate the buses in Kunming quite easily, which was a welcomed relief after the train ride from hell. In fact, if the buses had been complicated, my sleep-and-food-deprived body probably would have just given up on...
