Epiphanies on the Road – A collection of revelations while traveling
- Where Do You Go When You’ve Already Been Everywhere? May 17, 2026Where does one of the youngest most traveled person in the world still travel to after they’ve been to nearly every country in the world? Home, of course. I’ve hitchhiked onboard trains through the endless expanse of The Sahel, slept in guesthouses in Bangladesh, and wolfed down horse plov in Uzbekistan. And yet somehow the NY Hudson ...
- The Tagline I’d Be Proud Of January 13, 2025Six years ago, during our entire week without a signal, data, or internet and wandering through the otherworldly landscapes of Socotra Island, Yemen, my friend and co-guide at the time, Pier Doyon, asked me a question that caught me off guard: “What would your title be if you visited every country in the world?” I initially ...
- Bujum-bura My Head in the Sand January 12, 2025It’s nice to wake up in front of our airport gate, again. For the 3rd time and second to last time back in Addis Ababa as our home base for our Central Africa trip, it was another 2 hour and 45 minute flight from Addis Ababa and this time to Burundi, our Central African odyssey that ...
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Post-travel Reflections – The usual symptoms of post-travel withdrawal
- Dear Daughters, August 15, 2026Dear daughters, In a rare moment of peace as your mom was recovering in the PACU and you were down the hall in the NICU, I found myself thinking about everyone over the years who made judgments about my lifestyle and said to my face: “Sure, you’ve been to every country in the world, eaten and ...
- Where Do You Go When You’ve Already Been Everywhere? May 17, 2026Where does one of the youngest most traveled person in the world still travel to after they’ve been to nearly every country in the world? Home, of course. I’ve hitchhiked onboard trains through the endless expanse of The Sahel, slept in guesthouses in Bangladesh, and wolfed down horse plov in Uzbekistan. And yet somehow the NY Hudson ...
- The Tagline I’d Be Proud Of January 13, 2025Six years ago, during our entire week without a signal, data, or internet and wandering through the otherworldly landscapes of Socotra Island, Yemen, my friend and co-guide at the time, Pier Doyon, asked me a question that caught me off guard: “What would your title be if you visited every country in the world?” I initially ...
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