First World Problems With deaths literally in the hundreds of thousands (and climbing), millions of job losses, countless family businesses ruined and the global economy annihilated, it would be pretty insensitive for me to cry “woe is me” over cancelled vacation plans…it’s the definition of champagne problems. I questioned whether or not I should even…
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The explanation is long overdue. While I never tire about talking travel, I think it’s most efficient to write a short blurb answering the questions on the topic I get asked about the most: traveling fast. Many of my friends, family, acquaintances and readers often ask me how and why I travel so “fast.” Common…
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Azores, We Have a Problem: About This Blog Entry It’s hard for even me to believe that there was a time in my life when travel didn’t excite me. But there was. There was actually a period of my life, when I would travel–mostly cruises, with my family–that I didn’t have that travel “bug;” that…
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It was the kind of journey dreams are made of: a 24-day, 9-country itinerary that included luxury, risk, nature, city, adventure and solitude. Throw in an injured foot and a blown out back and you’ve got a recipe for fun! 18 flights, a handful of bucket list worthy cities, many wonderful people and a million…
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What’s the Password? I kept going back to my teenage years, when an older co-worker at the radio station I worked for used to tell me that the secret word was “Afghanistan Banana Stand.” I always thought that was funny, and never in a million years could I have ever imagined that I would actually…
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One young man even made it a point to request that when I return to the US, I tell all my friends that, “We are not terrorists…we want peace. We welcome Americans to come visit and see.” It was very moving. One Wrong Move… Mom had been warning me for years that “getting old sucks.”…
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No-Go Yemen is listed as the planet’s least-visited country for good reason: There’s been an awful war happening there for the past five years that’s caused one of the greatest humanitarian crises in the world. Getting a visa has been almost impossible in recent years, and most flights in have been suspended. Up until recently…
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Oman and Chill If I could sum up Oman in one word: chill. Also: safe, calm, clean and nice people; these are the things that I loved about Oman during my two-night stay in December of 2019. My original itinerary had me in Muscat for only a few hours: arriving from Kathmandu with just enough…
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