Near death experiences from the Island of pounding rain, mutant sized geckos, and President-elect Trump.
My Life As A Fruit Bat
Other than one or two trucks, used for agricultural purposes, there are no motor vehicles to be found on the…
Five Years Lost, Five Years Found
Five years ago last week, I left America for a life abroad. As I was 25 when I left, this…
A Soviet Family Reunited on Thanksgiving
You know how this goes. Relatives you haven’t seen in years – some you can’t remember ever having seen –…
Hold Your Applause
Part 1 in Weird Correlations With Democracy: Why Clapping on an Airplane Makes You More Susceptible to Authoritarianism.
Trieste – City of Fog
Trieste is a city with an identity crisis. Part of it longs to be back with its previous Hapsburg rulers,…
What We’ll Always Have
Last Tuesday a friend I haven’t seen in eight years left a comment on my Facebook wall. We had met…
How to say “I have a cavity” in Ukrainian*
Of all the chairs it’s possible to find one’s self in, the dentist’s is possibly the worst. Ok, on second…
Chernobyl Smiles: Investigations in Punctuation Fallout
If there’s one trivial piece of knowledge that the traveler can attest to, it may just be this: city to…
Passports: The Key To Winning Foreign Hearts
While Americans back home celebrated the Fourth of July in the typical way – fireworks, barbecues, pool parties – I…
The 11 Rules of Traveling
1. Never eat at McDonalds You won’t get a bear burger (above) at McDonalds. You’re not Christmas shopping at the…
For a Fun Time, Take the Bus to Sheki
To get started, head to Baku’s international bus station. Once your taxi deposits you onto the curb, right into a…
My Life in Transit 