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 Med 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...
Samoa Apia-ness You Win, Samoa You Lose
After 2 days in Tonga, we were dropped off at the airport by our driver Charles and boarded a 1:50pm afternoon Air New Zealand flight to Auckland. Landing uneventfully at 5pm I had almost forgotten how difficult customs can be at this airport, as well as the 10...
Would You Like To Tonga?
After 2 days in Port Moresby, my local guide and driver Peter dropped me off for a 1:45pm flight out to Sydney where I arrived at 6pm local time. Quickly getting stamped in and sailing through customs this time, I took a 16 minute Uber ride to check into my free Chase...
Sending By Port Moresby Code
Time provides a lens, and seemingly random incidents focus them. I had a surgery 2 months ago to remove an undiagnosed (and now beaten) cancer that originally was offered to be this week. At the time I was faced at the moment to choose whether to have the surgery...
Almost Lon-done!
With 3 days of Paris behind us, Paul and I met up with Sujay right before our 3:12pm Eurostar train to London. But seeing as Paul and I got there at 3pm, it was still too late to make it in time for passport processing and check-in. Dammit Brexit! So we...
Where Are We Now?
Where Are We Next?
