What Dreams May Come – Those personal favorite moments that explicitly remind you why you went traveling in the first place.
- How to Be Pamp-Blown-Away in One Day — and Survive a Bull Run July 14, 2025We arrived just in time for the final stretch of the San Fermin Festival aka the Running of the Bulls, and we’re therefore diving headfirst into the vibrant chaos of Pamplona during this festival — To get here, I redeemed 90k miles for Business Class on LOT Airlines beginning at JFK airport to board its nightly ...
- Easter Island: It’s A Rap-a Nui! December 4, 2024Been 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 Thanksgiving and here we are. LATAM Airlines of Chile ...
- Where Heaven Meets Earth: Scaling the Sacred to Tiger’s Nest September 25, 2024We 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 it was the inspiration for Ra’s ...
FML. – Moments where I /someone/something failed at life and it was pretty funny.
- Gijón and Carry On to Ávila-ista Baby! July 20, 2025Leaving Gijón behind, we continued our journey south, weaving through the lush green hills of Asturias and the wide plains of León, before arriving in the storied, walled city of Ávila. The Journey South Our route today carried us past ancient churches, mountain towns, and sun-soaked plazas—each stop unfolding a different layer of Spain’s history and charm. Iglesia ...
- How to Be Pamp-Blown-Away in One Day — and Survive a Bull Run July 14, 2025We arrived just in time for the final stretch of the San Fermin Festival aka the Running of the Bulls, and we’re therefore diving headfirst into the vibrant chaos of Pamplona during this festival — To get here, I redeemed 90k miles for Business Class on LOT Airlines beginning at JFK airport to board its nightly ...
- Let’s Not Fight If We’re Brazza-s-ville January 10, 2025To get in, you first need a VISA: The Republic of Congo website: https://www.ambacongo-us.org/en/embassy-services/consular/visa Download and fill out 2 copies of the visa form ROC Visa Application Attach required documents 2 passport photos with the 2 visa forms The Letter of Invitation Copy of the hotel reservation Copy of your flight itinerary Prepare payment: Obtain a check or money order for $160 and leave it ...
This Is A Crisis. – Moments where I/someone/something failed at life and it wasn’t really that funny (at least at the time).
- How to Be Pamp-Blown-Away in One Day — and Survive a Bull Run July 14, 2025We arrived just in time for the final stretch of the San Fermin Festival aka the Running of the Bulls, and we’re therefore diving headfirst into the vibrant chaos of Pamplona during this festival — To get here, I redeemed 90k miles for Business Class on LOT Airlines beginning at JFK airport to board its nightly ...
- Kinshasa My Worries Goodbye! January 9, 2025To get in, you first need a VISA: Download and fill out the visa form: DRC Visa Application Attach required documents One passport-style photograph (2″x2″) taken within last 6 months. Invitation letter from your host OR hotel reservation A printed copy of yellow fever vaccination card. Copy of flight itinerary A copy of the front page of your Passport (bio page only) A valid, ...
- Dolomites Be Back! July 14, 2024Born here, but not destined to die here. Mount Sinai Hospital: My birthplace, my first job at 16, a doctor at 33, and most recently, a patient. Only this time I was discharged without one of my kidneys. That wasn’t the plan. Months ago an MRI was offered for 5 years of back pain. I sat on ...
“No Serendipity, No Story!” (WTF Moments) – The most wonderful moments in travel are the coincidences we discover with other people.
- When You’ve Never Been to Berlin August 4, 2025If it’s not already playing, press play. And then start reading. After 3 days in Amsterdam, Nisha, Sujay, Priscilla, Kenny, and myself boarded a 2pm direct train bound for Berlin. It was a 7.5-hour journey that gave us just enough time to reflect on our weekend in Tomorrowland, sorta reset our circadian rhythms, and brace ourselves ...
- Tomorrowland After The Fire July 29, 2025How’s my ankle holding up before Tomorrowland…. This is Day 0 — right after a 1500-lb bull stepped on it: Day 8: Day 4: Day 17: Not bad, right? Turns out I can be pretty decent at wound care when the stakes are high. Last year was cancer, this year would be a trampled ankle. But can I enjoy ...
- Gijón With the Wind July 19, 2025How’s my ankle holding up? I can be pretty decent at wound care if I say so myself. This is Day 0 — right after a 1500-lb bull stepped on it: Day 4: We arrived in Gijón after a full day of driving and checked into our spots in the Las Arenas area, one Airbnb, one hotel, ...
Way Way Off The Beaten Path – Totally out of the box travel experiences; you won’t find these experiences in any guidebooks.
- Miquelon Impossible September 11, 2025Sometimes the most spontaneous detours leave the strongest impressions. That morning in Saint Pierre, we hadn’t planned on leaving the island. But after completing two walking tours around St. Pierre and checking the ferry schedule, we realized we could still catch the 3:00pm boat to Miquelon. We looked at each other, shrugged, and said, “Why not?” After ...
- 48 Hours in a Little Saint-Pierre-ce of France September 11, 2025After three days soaking in St. John’s charm, we dropped off our rental car at YYT Saint John’s airport to catch the rare 5pm direct flight (PH1127) via Air Saint-Pierre to Saint-Pierre & Miquelon: one of the few weekly connections between Newfoundland and this unique French overseas territory. Check-in opens 90 minutes before departure (3:30pm for ...
- Don’t Be Dildo-Dallying September 9, 2025While based in St. John’s, we took a spontaneous day trip by rental car to the now-famous town of Dildo. You’ll know when you arrive; they’re incredibly proud of their distinctive name. Though a vocal minority has repeatedly raised referendums to change it, the majority of townsfolk have struck down every attempt. After just over an hour ...
A Funny Thing Happened On The Way Around The World. . . . – Some stories simply can’t be categorized.
- The Sweet Is Never As Sweet Without The Massawa May 22, 2023We’re skipping ahead from Somaliland to Massawa today, but if you want to read about how we got into Asmara yesterday from Somaliland: read here. After arriving a day later than planned in Asmara from Somaliland and Addis Ababa we quickly had lunch in the capital and immediately drove out in the afternoon for a 120km journey to ...
- Love In The Time Of COVID-19: The Flu Shot September 15, 2020TLDR PSA (look how serious I am); Get the flu shot. While getting the shot may not entirely prevent you from catching flu, it’ll still dramatically decrease your chances of accidentally infecting or killing others (like grandma), or ironically dying from flu yourself. Before COVID-19, patients with flu symptoms would overwhelm ERs every year, all infecting one ...
- Knock-Knock-Nakh-chivan On Heaven’s Door: 2 Days In Nakhchivan August 29, 2018It’s time to shift monsooning back into higher gears — today we’re visiting Nakhchivan! A landlocked exclave separated from Azerbaijan by Armenia (or as some say, physically located within Armenia), but an otherwise autonomous region under the control of the Republic of Azerbaijan, Nakhchivan is similar to exclaves like Alaska (thanks Alan Sedgwick!) and on a level less ...