Easter Island: It’s A Rap-a Nui!

    Been on all our list, it has its own emoji 🗿, it's been in the collective consciousness of all those who travel, and like Faroe Islands, it deserves to be visited before you grow too old. The 8 of us jumped on making this trip happen after...

Santia-way We Go!

  I've been to Santiago before 10 years ago, but when looking through my short term memory loss of posts, I realized we never really explored the city! We had skipped over it for Valpariso, so it's now time to return and do it justice monsoon style. Arriving at...

Meet the Monsooners to Rapa Nui / Easter Island!

Enigmatic Rapa Nui and Easter Island awaits us. Welcome back those returning with me for their 2nd, 3rd, or even 4th monsoon: Melinda "Sunrise Hiker" Kwok, 4 time monsooner returning from Bhutan, Syria, Meteora and South Sudan Melissa "Look! Pizza!" Weinnman, 3 time...

Let’s Maldive Into Malé

  After our 4 days in Bhutan, our respective groups bid farewell at the Paro airport. While most of them would return on a morning 7:10am flight to Kathmandu, only 4 of us -- Melinda, Sampson, Sujay and I -- paid about $250 extra for an onward flight from Paro to...

Where Heaven Meets Earth: Scaling the Sacred to Tiger’s Nest

  We wake up this morning at the Eco Lodge by Paro to a stupendous view from our room. Today is the day we've all been waiting for.     Today we achieve a bucket list item for everyone who knows where Bhutan is on the map, and fans of Nolan's Batman as...

Let’s get Punakha-d up for an Adventure!

  Today the 24 of us woke up to a glorious morning in Thimphu:     For our second day in Bhutan we plan to drive from Thimphu, Bhutan's current capital, to Punakha, the former capital.     After getting in some breakfast and coffee, we...

Almost Got the Bhut-an!

  Upon an invitation by Letti's friends after our West Africa trip together, I happily accepted and asked for permission if I could also invite a few monsooners if they'd be interested. As I learned about the process, it came at no surprise that the government of...

This Is My Medical School White Coat Ceremony Speech

  Just today I gave the keynote speech at the White Coat Ceremony of the very same medical school that had let me graduate 10 years ago. 10 years ago when I also gave a similar (but far shorter) keynote speech that could only at best guess what would happen in 10...

Meet The Happiest People Going to Bhutan!

Let's go to the Land of Happiness and the onetime hermit kingdom of Bhutan! Welcome back those returning with me for their 2nd, 5th, or even 7th monsoon: Sujay “Chief Siesta Officer” Sheth: 7 time monsooner returning from Tomorrowland, The Hokkaido Snowpocalypse, The...

American Samoa: You Have To Pago Pago To See Where They Day Ends

  From an exhausting full day in proper Samoa, we had breakfast at our hotel, a quick morning tour of Apia afterwards, and drove over to the local sorta-international (but definitely not the main one) Fagalii Airport outside of Apia for our 10:30 Samoa Airways...
Meet the Monsooners to Libya!

Meet the Monsooners to Libya!

  Like Syria, it's a great life where even if I'm heading to a place like Libya, a wonderful group of great people will always come along. It has happened before, it has happened again, and again, and it is happening again. People who follow through. People who...

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