Spring in Sarajevo
We didn’t know quite what to expect when we arrived in Bosnia. We did not originally intend to go there. Our plan had been to relax in...
Lebanon - "Fucking Amazing" for Who?
Two weeks ago, Michael and I spent five days in Lebanon’s capital, Beirut. Lebanon is a tiny, multi-ethnic, socially progressive Arab...
Dispatches from Putumayo: Deep in Cocaine Country, the Hidden Costs of Peace
Her words pierced the din of the printer and the clanking of cups as our afternoon coffee - or tinto, as Bogotanos call it - was placed...
Charleston, and a Surprising, Unsurprising Lesson on Race
This post was supposed to be about the food. I had booked a trip to Charleston for Michael’s birthday, and, buoyed by the city’s...
2016
This is a map of all the flights I took in 2016. Nineteen trips. Thirteen different countries, across five continents. Seven different...
Winter in Provence
It was a Wednesday, or maybe a Thursday. The days were blending together. The sun was setting on the cobbled streets of a small town,...
Musings on Maputo
For a country with an AK-47 on its flag, Mozambique has been remarkably peaceful since the end of its bloody civil war in 1992. The East...
Beijing to Ulaanbaatar: A Piece of the Trans-Siberian Railway
Long haul train travel has always held a mystique. The soothing rumble of the wheels as they roll past anonymous landscapes, brigadoon...
Pyonyang in Ulaanbaatar
Whereby Michael and I explore a restaurant run by the North Korean Government, inside Mongolia's capital Michael has always been...
Time Travel: An Ode to New York City
It's always interesting to ask someone what their favorite city is. Some will wistfully recall their home town; others, an exotic...
