Beyond the Atlas: Sun, Sea, and Surf
Clockwise from top left: (1) creating community with Nomadico. (2) Watching surfers at Banana Point. (3) Sunset in Tamraght. (4) Golden...
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Dec 21, 2023
An Ode to the Hills and Sea
Sao Vicente, a village in northern Madeira. 2023 has been quite the whirlwind. In less than 12 months I've lived in Cape Town, Paris,...
Dec 11, 2023
Help Support a More Responsible US Foreign Policy
Dear readers: In this giving season, I’m asking for contributions to help advocate for a responsible US foreign policy centered on...
Sep 22, 2022
Trekking the Slovenian Alps in Photos
Setting foot outside of the airport in Ljubljana, I expected to be greeted by the usual crowd of competing taxi drivers, noisy traffic,...
Sep 2, 2022
Summer Rewind: European Travels
Sharing some photos from summer 2022: a wedding in Portugal, a trek in Albania, a quick stop in Montenegro, some down time with family in...
Apr 29, 2022
Mesopotamian Meditations: Dispatches from East Turkey
In our lives we are on a constant journey of self-reflection, often unwitting pilgrims on the path to personal discovery. It is on a...
Dec 1, 2021
Destination Turkestan: In Search of the Golden Springs
There’s electricity running through my veins, a power pulsing through my body. I am furiously and intensely alive. I toss my backpack...
Jun 9, 2021
Through the Lens: Capturing Colombia
Shortly before the pandemic hit, I had the pleasure of spending a week and a half in Colombia. It was my third trip to Latin America,...
Feb 19, 2021
Midnight in Marrakech: A Month in Morocco
It’s been quite a while since I’ve written – over a year, in fact. And it has been quite the eventful year. Let me start from the...
Jul 9, 2019
Camel Treks and the Medina: A Week in Tunisia
After spending a little down time in Nice, I soon got the travel bug again, and after two quick weeks of R&R with my parents in southern...
Jun 5, 2019
From Beginning to End: Melancholy in Istanbul
“If one had but a single glance to give the world, one should gaze on Istanbul.” -Alphonse de Lamartine The year of travel has come to an...
May 17, 2019
Encounters in the Outer Imperium
The following is an account of our experiences in Georgia and Armenia. After about seven months in the Indian subcontinent and southeast...
Apr 9, 2019
From Saigon to Hanoi on a Motorbike
On our latest adventure, we bought motorbikes in Ho Chi Minh City (aka Saigon) in south Vietnam, and rode them all the way up the coast...
Mar 9, 2019
Excuse the Hiatus and Photos from Cambodia
Apologies to those who have been asking my whereabouts, as I haven't posted in a long while. In the past few months, we have left...
Feb 4, 2019
Nightmare in Bangkok
I am clutching the breaks of the motorbike, nervously trying to get it started, trying not to panic. Cars fly past us, whipping past...
Feb 1, 2019
Burmese Travels
Cheap food, cheaper beer, few tourists, forgotten temples in the middle of the jungle, and world-class historical sites: a travel...
Dec 26, 2018
Himalayan Dictionary
During the trek in Nepal we were introduced to many terms and concepts, some familiar; others less so. If you are like me, maybe you were...
Dec 6, 2018
One Second Every Day: India and Nepal
As a little side project, I wanted to put together a quick video to give readers a glimpse of daily backpacker life thus far. I'm hoping...
Nov 27, 2018
Journey to Chomolungma: Trekking to Everest Base Camp and Gokyo
After a three-week trek through the Himalayas, I find myself back in a Kathmandu hostel. Although I was still in the mountains just...
Oct 27, 2018
Varanasi
We spent two more nights in Rishikesh before catching a 24-hour sleeper train to Varanasi - India's holiest city, and one of the world's...
Oct 23, 2018
Riding a Motorcycle through the Abode of Gods
After our tour of the central state of Rajasthan (Taj Mahal-Jaipur-Jodhpur-Udaipur), we went up to north India to spend some time in...
Sep 28, 2018
Why I Decided to Travel the World for a Year
In the past several months, I took the decision to take time off and travel the world for a year. When I informed my family and friends...
Sep 2, 2018
Exploring Istanbul's History through its Neighborhoods
“It was in Cihangir that I first learned Istanbul was not an anonymous multitude of walled-in lives - a jungle of apartments where no one...
Aug 22, 2018
A Chance Encounter with the Eye of Istanbul
Ara Güler is Turkey’s most renowned photographer, and indeed, one of its most celebrated artists. The son of an Armenian pharmacist, he...
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