Personal travel stories and narratives
StoriesDay 1 started with a missed taxi and ended with a stranger inviting me to dinner. That's Dakar.
StoriesThree weeks in Accra. Approximately 47 plates of jollof. Zero regrets. Here's the street food story that changed how I think about eating.
StoriesRajan has worked at BOH for 22 years. He thinks you're spending too long at the tea shop selfie spot and not enough time on Trail 10.
StoriesSeven days at -24°C. I drove huskies, slept in an ice hotel, chased auroras on a snowmobile, and cried on day five. This is how Lapland takes you apart.
StoriesI came for the Spirited Away photos. I stayed because the rain, the tea, and the empty morning streets made me forget I was supposed to leave on day three.
StoriesI skipped the train, walked the railway tracks for 2.5 hours, slept in Aguas Calientes, and arrived at the citadel at dawn. The ruins were secondary to the journey.
StoriesMaria Camilleri has lived in Valletta her entire adult life. She tells you what tourists get right, what they get wrong, and why the pastizz debate matters.
StoriesI crossed the street 47 times on Day 1. By Day 5, I was crossing without looking. That's what Saigon does to you.
StoriesSarah Nakyejwe has lived in Kampala for 34 years. She has opinions about your itinerary, your boda-boda anxiety, and why you need to stop skipping Owino Market.
StoriesI came to Varanasi expecting spiritual awakening. I got something messier, louder, and ultimately more honest than that.
StoriesSomphone has lived in Luang Prabang for 18 years. She runs a guesthouse on the Mekong, teaches at the morning market, and has opinions about your Instagram photos of the alms ceremony.
StoriesWe drove for two days across trackless steppe, slept in a ger during a sandstorm, and stood where Roy Chapman Andrews first found dinosaur eggs in 1923.
