TobyPortugal has made it onto just about every top travel list this year, and with good reason. I loved the month I spent there in […]
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When You Don’t Want to be Friendly and Open and Curious
That’s okay. It’s normal. Go ahead and hermit. I stare resolutely out the window of my Uber at the windy Cape Town day, quite […]
Don’t Take My Word For It
Everything I have ever written, everything I will ever write, represents an infinitesimal slice (mine) of an infinitely complex whole. I may speak of the […]
How to Pack One Bag for Life (What’s in my Backpack)
It’s been two years that I’ve lived out of one bag. In two weeks I will take a second (small) suitcase with me to Cape […]
Strangers on a Train
“We’re on our way to bible study,” says my friend. (He likes to make up stories, but let’s get real, who doesn’t?) It’s 10:00 pm, […]
Traveling Light: “Only What I Can Carry” Photo Project
Saturday, October 3rd, 2015. Helsinki, Finland. [This is only an excerpt from a longer piece about this project written for elephant journal. For the full […]
The Difference A Word Makes
[Greetings from Nungwi, Zanzibar, my new home-for-the-moment! It was a tough choice, but I decided to switch tracks and will now be living here and […]
Just a Little Bit of Culture Shock
Piles of fruit in Malindi, Kenya. *** I’ve always scoffed at the concept of culture shock. I go somewhere; there I am. Okay. I go […]
Why Travel Should Be Stressful
The journey from Diani Beach (South Coast, Kenya) to Kilifi (North Coast) by public transport is long, sweaty and chaotic. (Indeed, going just about anywhere […]
The Gift
Several days ago, I sat in a matatu (bus) plying the main road of Diani, Kenya. On my way to Diani Beach Hospital for a […]