I hadn’t seen Paul and Jane in over four years. The three of us had met on the island of Ko Lipe in Thailand – a place we loved so much that we stayed a month. The three of us became close friends during that month. By the end, it was as though we had [...]
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Breaking Out of Your Comfort Zone
November 3, 2010 – 2:40 pm
I am a backpacker through and through. When I’m on the road, I live cheaply, I stay in hostels, I cook most of my own meals, I search out deals and I try to avoid spending money. But when I settle into one place like I did this summer in New York, I tend to [...]
Chasing Ghosts
July 15, 2010 – 10:26 am
Last month, I was having drinks with a well-known traveler writer and like two soldiers discussing battle wounds from the same war, we talked about the cycle of travel, being on the road for years at a time, the highs, the lows, and everything in between. As we wandered the battlefield of memories, we came [...]
The Joy of Coming Home
August 20, 2009 – 2:46 pm
Coming home from a trip around the world can be a real culture shock and sometimes the initial excitement can wear away quickly to reality that you are no longer traveling. It can be a hard transition to deal with. You go from something new everyday to the same thing everyday. It’s not an easy [...]