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Tag: travel

What is Transformational Travel, Really?
Central America, Transformation

What is Transformational Travel, Really?

October 23, 2018May 22, 2020 Toby 6 mins read

Look closer. That yoga class is a portal into mindful movement and heightened self-awareness. That farm tour is an introduction to the revolutionary world of […]

Choose Power: A Dream-Inspired Thought Experiment
Adventure, Poetry & Fiction

Choose Power: A Dream-Inspired Thought Experiment

June 12, 2018May 22, 2020 Toby 2 mins read

It’s been a wildly busy month, and though sharing something here has been on my to-do list every week, it just keeps getting pushed to […]

In Defense of Aimless Wandering, Revisited
Europe, Nomadism

In Defense of Aimless Wandering, Revisited

June 26, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 4 mins read

I’m riding from Sweden to Finland on a ferry named Grace, pondering over aimless wandering. I’ll come back to that. Grace is probably ten stories […]

Some Stuff I Liked in Portugal: A Rough and Tumble Guide
Culture, Europe, Travel Advice

Some Stuff I Liked in Portugal: A Rough and Tumble Guide

May 12, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 11 mins read

Portugal has made it onto just about every top travel list this year, and with good reason. I loved the month I spent there in […]

The Strangeness
Adventure, Europe, Nomadism

The Strangeness

April 7, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 4 mins read

  “There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.” — Robert Louis Stevenson Sorry, Robert Stevenson, on two counts. First, […]

Don’t Take My Word For It
Africa, Nomadism, Travel Advice

Don’t Take My Word For It

February 11, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

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 […]

The First Time: When the Travel Bug Bites
Culture, Nomadism

The First Time: When the Travel Bug Bites

January 25, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 3 mins read

Some people will reminisce—with nostalgia, regret, or a little bit of each—about their first cigarette, their first drink, or their first time trying X (fill […]

12 Ways to Move/Travel to a New City/Country Where you Don’t Know Anyone—and Totally Rock It
Adventure, Travel Advice

12 Ways to Move/Travel to a New City/Country Where you Don’t Know Anyone—and Totally Rock It

January 16, 2017May 22, 2020 Toby 6 mins read

I write about venturing into the unknown often. You might say it’s my favorite theme—in life and in art. You could say it’s my greatest […]

Familiar Things
Africa, Nomadism

Familiar Things

December 5, 2016May 22, 2020 Toby 1 min read

Sea Point, Cape Town, South Africa I’ve been in Cape Town for less than a week now (after nearly a year away), but it seems […]

On Leaving
Nomadism

On Leaving

November 28, 2016May 22, 2020 Toby 1 min read

London, England. Late November. 12:30 p.m. My backpack leans against the wall. My second suitcase stands next to it. The kitchen is clean, lights off, […]

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