Spa Yangshuo, kind of

If you’re feeling in a mood to reach a bit, as I clearly am, the week Christine and I spent … More

The woman

The woman was sitting alone in an alcove. Beyond her view of the small charcoal grill the main path was … More

The man came into focus behind me on the road. It had been a while since I had faced the … More

I’m just going to throw it out there that it’s way easier, thanks to gender stereotypes, to be a young … More

Hong Kong surprised me, which shouldn’t really come as a surprise, because I hadn’t read much about it before arriving. … More

There was a time not too long ago that I took a 41-hour train from Kunming, Yunnan Province to Lanzhou, … More

Most of what I’ve written to date about a brief stint living on a boat in the Philippines (here, and … More

Have you ever wondered what you’d need to live on a bangka boat in the Philippines?

It was just that we really, really wanted to do our own thing, and we were almost ready…

I had wanted to write more about the hike up Snow Mountain I completed with a group in December. My … More