#8 latvia beyond expectations ::
In my years of travel thus far, something I’ve come to accept about myself is that I don’t like to set expectations for new places …
27 Jul
#7 souvenir scars & doctors on motos::
#7 souvenir scars & doctors on motos::
I’ve been hanging out in Manila and beyond recently, so it’s fitting that our next travel story, and a fairly recent one at that, comes …
20 Jul
#6 good morning vietnam ::
#6 good morning vietnam ::
Friends don’t let friends take drugs in a mini-van. While real drugs have never been one of my travel vices, many of my travel mis-adventures …
07 Jul
#5 celebrating sevens ::
#5 celebrating sevens ::
A few of my friends and I have an obsession with the number seven. There isn’t any remarkable numerological reason, but when 07/07/07 rolled …
01 Jul
june give10 roundup ::
june give10 roundup ::
July 1 marks the midway point of 2011 and also the day we celebrate being a quarter of the way through the #give10 project. This …
27 Jun
#4 marathon travel training ::
#4 marathon travel training ::
It was in the middle of the night in Benin in 2001 when I cooked up the idea to run a marathon in Amsterdam. I was …
23 Jun
#give10 ::
#give10 ::
A few months ago I decided to do an experiment. Looking for a way to give back to the world in which I’ve been given …
20 Jun
#3 bad day in bangladesh ::
#3 bad day in bangladesh ::
When you travel a lot you’re often asked the same two questions: What’s your favorite country? and, What’s the worst place you’ve ever been? I always …
09 Jun
lessons from a bangkok bus ::
lessons from a bangkok bus ::
Picking the first of 100 travel stories to share wasn’t hard. Starting at the beginning with the story of my first passport stamp made sense. …
07 Jun
100 days of giving ::
100 days of giving ::
Can you believe it’s been 100 days since we started our experiment to give 10$ each day to an amazing project, person or organization committed to …