Category Archives: Round the World
The Children of the Blue City
Some towns are sticky. They cling to your soul long after you’ve left. They are […]

What Does an Oasis Really Look Like?
My idea of what an oasis should look has been largely influenced by childhood cartoons. […]

Getting Lost (In a Good Way)
Whoever thought up the definition for the word labyrinth must have lived in Marrakech a […]

Land of the Lost in Translation
Tokyo: Entire shops devoted to selling plastic food. Vending machines that sell beer. Cafes where […]

Yappity-Yap-Yap-Yap
We swam a short distance from the boat through murky plankton-filled water until we reached […]

Honeymoon Within a Honeymoon
When they stamped our passports at the airport, we were surprised to see we could […]

The Two Sides of India
India is an enigma. A perplexing conundrum if you will. On the one hand, it […]

Going Slow
The backwaters of Kerela, India between the Lakshadweep Sea and the Western Ghats, are a […]

Highs and Lows
Try to find The Maldives on a map. Go on, I dare you. I doesn’t […]

The Mud House
Before leaving on this trip, Amanda made me promise that we wouldn’t rough it every […]

Sri Lanka: Not Just India’s Comma
Every once in a while, as you’re wandering the globe, you stumble upon a place […]

The Only Reason I’ll get Up at 4:30 AM
There is a frog living in the drain of our sink. I presume he’s searching […]
