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Why I Stopped Writing, and Why I’m Starting Again 24 Aug 2011 | 04:55 am
Why I Stopped Writing Midway through my 3 month long round-the-world honeymoon, I decided that I was done with travel writing. As most travellers know, you don’t get a lot of sympathy when you descr...
Living Like a Vietnamese Rock Star 21 Oct 2010 | 03:13 am
The band at Envy Club and Lounge performs a cover of Lady GaGa’s “Paparazzi” By our second night in Da Lat, we had run out of evening activities. Atop the Vietnamese highlands, the resort town known...
Starving in Saigon 10 Oct 2010 | 04:21 pm
I put on my glasses and looked down at my watch. It was 2:18 am. We had a flight to catch next day, and I’d gone to bed later than I should have. There was the usual list of excuses: Skyping to do, e...
Imminent Departure 5 Oct 2010 | 06:53 am
There are just a handful of hours left before my fiancee and I catch our first flight, and I have yet to collect my tuxedo shirt from the dry cleaner, or get the haircut that will transform me from su...
Lessons Learned: Long Term Travel 19 Sep 2010 | 12:35 am
Sometimes, you just need to take a day to read by the pool. (Taken at Supetar, Island of Brac, Croatia) I am not a novice traveller. I am not of the timid horde that obediently follows the tour guide...
Round the World Packing Strategy 1 Sep 2010 | 04:13 am
Beloved and I leave on our Round-the-World trip in less than 24 hours. We’re getting married in Prague, and then spending the next three months travelling – from Croatia to Egypt to Vietnam to China (...
What Steven Slater Should Have Said 11 Aug 2010 | 04:11 am
Admit it. You are jealous of this man for having ridden down the airplane slide with a beer in each hand. In what can only be described as an explosion of sheer awesomeness, JetBlue flight attendant ...
Exciterrified About Round the World 7 Aug 2010 | 01:33 am
Beloved and I leave for our long-awaited Round-the-World trip in less than a month. 26 days, to be exact. The trip will last for 90 days, and will take us from Prague to Croatia to Egypt to Vietnam to...
Things I’d Rather Not Hear While Flying 5 Aug 2010 | 12:38 pm
From the Person Sitting Next to Me: “Hi! We’re going to be sitting next to each other for the next eight hours! How do you want to pass the time? I know, let’s have a staring contest! First person to...
Signs That You Need a Vacation 29 Jul 2010 | 11:30 pm
You stapled a co-worker to the side of your cubical wall for drinking the last cup of coffee without brewing a new pot. The last in-flight movie you watched was Jurassic Park. You suddenly realize t...
