When we last left off, I was tramping about in southern Spain, dressed in the anachronistic garb of Lederhosen as part of a grand experiment. Initially, I conceived of the idea to travel while wearing these clothes in East Asia…
I don’t remember how the idea came about. At first, it was simply a joke that we kept repeating. Eventually, the absurdity of it all became enticing. How would people react? Finally, I decided to fully commit to the idea,…
In my travels, I have learned a lot about eating abroad safely, mainly through trial and error. Over the years, I’ve had the misfortune of catching a fiendish trifecta of salmonella, e. colli, and cholera. The last one was by…
At five in the morning, I was already filled with a nervous energy. In just a few hours I would be standing in front of a classroom of graduate students giving a lecture and then… I should be off to…
This is the fourth part in my series on traveling to the Bornean jungle village of Long Pasia. Start from the beginning here. Our jungle trek was fascinating, exhilarating, and liberating. My one slight tinge of regret at my time…
This is the third part in my series on traveling to the Bornean jungle village of Long Pasia. Start from the beginning here. So far, my trip to the Bornean jungle village of Long Pasia had been an exhilarating and…
This is the second part in my series on traveling to the Bornean jungle village of Long Pasia. Start from the beginning here. My stomach growled as the warm aroma of prepared food wafted through the long house. Still, after…
I spent my birthday in 2020 on the bumpy road to the tiny jungle village of Long Pasia in Borneo. About a week after my life-threatening bout of cholera, I was journeying to the most remote location I had ever…
The San Diego blue line trolley takes you straight to the Tijuana border. Once you exit the booth, luggage in hand and anticipation written on your face, you get the chance to walk across the border to a whole new country.…
Qingdao is a beautiful coastal city in China with a unique colonial history. With over nine million inhabitants, it is the capital of the Shandong Province. A bee line from Qingdao across the Yellow Sea, and you reach South Korea. May Fourth…