“Could you be looooved, and be loved?” They were idling at an intersection in Da Nang and had been doing so for approximately 1 minute and 45 seconds. The eyes of a hundred local riders rested from time to time … Continue reading Back When We Were in ‘Nam (Part 2): Big City Life
Part 1 – The Gathering of the Wins There had been a conspiracy. After days of discussing how and how soon the motorbikes would be purchased, the deed was done. Arriving back from a morning of crepes and OJ from … Continue reading Back When We Were in ‘Nam: Motorcycling from Hoi An to Hanoi
She stood silhouetted in the downpour, gazing out at the droplets as they fell to their fate in the silken sea at Kina Bay. I’d like to call it destiny, but frankly she was just the only other person crazy … Continue reading Hitchhiker’s Guide Part 4: Mary and the Marvelous Mobile Apothecary
I was in Trelew, a city on Argentina’s east coast and a bizarre experience with a truck driver had left me in two minds about hitching west across the country to the Chilean border. To be fair, I’d been scared … Continue reading Hitchhiker’s Guide Part 3: Lost in Translation
My guide to super-gluing boots, soiling oneself, and finding villages in the dark (Part 1) “Do you get scared when travelling alone?” “Not really” I lie. “Why’s that?” “Whenever I sleep alone at Uncle’s hostel in Pokhara, I close all the … Continue reading How to Solo Trek in Nepal (With a Little Help From my Friends)
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