Personal travel stories and narratives
StoriesDay 1: I sat in a plaza where traders rested camels 600 years ago. The tea tastes the same. The chess games probably do too.
StoriesDay 3: Got caught in a thunderstorm at 2,600 meters. Day 4: Did it again. Day 5: Learned my lesson. Day 6: No I didn't.
StoriesSore legs, soaked clothes, the world's clearest river, and a root bridge that's been growing for 200 years. A week in India's wettest state.
StoriesSeven days in India's rock capital — from a blues bar at midnight to a 3,500-step descent to a bridge grown from tree roots, and a village so clean it put my apartment to shame.
StoriesI came for the rock art. I stayed for the crocodiles, the silence, and a sunset at Ubirr that I still can't properly describe.
Stories762 curves, one scooter crash (not mine), canyon sunsets, hot springs at dawn, and the best pad thai I've eaten for a dollar.
StoriesI came for the Palancar Reef. I stayed for the $1.50 fish tacos five blocks from the cruise terminal. Here's what happened over four days on Mexico's dive island.
StoriesNo WiFi, no phones, no other humans for miles — just me, reef sharks, and the clearest sky I've ever seen on Bangaram Island.
StoriesAna moved from Lisbon to Ponta Delgada eleven years ago. She hasn't looked back, but she has opinions about what tourists get wrong.
StoriesThe sun didn't set for six weeks. Every hour produced different light. I stopped counting the number of times I pulled over.
StoriesI woke up at 5 AM surrounded by tea bushes, watched the mist lift like a theater curtain, and realized I'd been looking for this kind of silence my entire trip.
StoriesDay 1: I ate gold for the first time. Day 3: I watched a woman beat metal into sheets thinner than breath. Day 5: I didn't want to leave.
