Introspection

Epiphanies on the Road – A collection of revelations while traveling

• Take a Chance Take a Chance … on Lake Abbe May 15, 2023
      After arriving yesterday and breakfast this morning in Djibouti City, we boarded our convoy of 8 (Eight!!!) 4x4s at 8am.  Thus begins our grueling 9 hour drive under an oppressive >105ºF sun towards the border between Djibouti and Ethiopia for Lake Abbe. I was already tired before it began.     You know you’re leaving Djibouti’s capital when you ...
• Jeju Know We’re Still in Jeju? April 5, 2023
      After 3 days in Busan and Boseong, we packed up for our last stop of our South Korean itinerary: Jeju, the honeymoon island frequently compared to “the Hawai’i” of South Korea or the Okinawa of Japan, Taking the metro for about an hour from Busan’s Haeundae area to the Busan Gimhae International Airport, we made it ...
• I Love Lamp-edusa September 13, 2021
  Definitely didn’t look nearly like this 24 hours prior to taking this photo…     After a week rampaging throughout Sardinia’s coastline including a pitstop in Corsica — with a final night belonging in a 90s teen prom movie (I really can’t describe it in any other way … it was that … perfectly bittersweet) — we tried to take ...

Post-travel Reflections – The usual symptoms of post-travel withdrawal

• Jeju Know We’re Still in Jeju? April 5, 2023
      After 3 days in Busan and Boseong, we packed up for our last stop of our South Korean itinerary: Jeju, the honeymoon island frequently compared to “the Hawai’i” of South Korea or the Okinawa of Japan, Taking the metro for about an hour from Busan’s Haeundae area to the Busan Gimhae International Airport, we made it ...
• I Want “Paler-mo” Of It! September 15, 2021
    After 2 days relaxing in the off-the-beaten-path island of Lampedusa, the gang took a direct evening flight out to Palermo, capital of Sicily, afterwards.     Founded by Phoenicians under the name of “Ziz” and later renamed by Greeks “Panormos”, which means “all port,” Palermo’s golden age was during Arab rule from 9th to 11th centuries AD when ...
• You’re Going to Miss … Cyprus June 15, 2021
  Press play and read the rest of this post with the music . . .      You’re going to miss the feeling of being born again, the old habits of dusting off old passports, filling out documents, packing, unpacking, and repacking. You’ll even miss the anticipation of another PCR up your nose because you’ll do anything just ...