RWANDA: Guns & Gorillas
It was barely 8 a.m., and the East African sun was already beating down on the tops of our heads as we walked single file...
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Travel Journals: Selected Entries
2002 || Around The World in 180 Days
SOUTH AFRICA: Great White Sharks
Departing the warm, toasty weather of East Africa and shifting into the opposite hemisphere, I arrive in South Africa in the dead of winter-
MADAGASCAR: Politics & Lemurs
Paul Theroux once said that traveling is only glamorous in retrospect. Should that hold true, then perhaps one day...
NEPAL: Himalayas & Death
With a population of just 25 million people, Nepal is more laid back and less intense than India, mathematically speaking. Yet Nepal is...
2010 || Gone to Ghana
GHANA: A Ho New Reality
I’ve left the capital Accra and moved to a small town called Ho, located in the Volta Region, not far from the Togo border on the eastern...
GHANA: How Much Does This Buy?
I have a pretty sweet collection of foreign currency. It’s one of the things I especially love about traveling– seeing the colorful cash...
GHANA: I Like Your Shoes. Give Them To Me.
I know people who walk up and down the road with 100 pounds of water on their heads every day just to cook food, and I’ve never once...
GHANA: What is a Jewish?
In Ghana, every business meeting I attended began and ended in prayer-- to Christ. This can feel a little strange to any visitor who...
2020 - 2021 || USA Pandemic Travels
USA: The Californian Has Landed
I woke up at 3:30 a.m. to make my flight out of San Francisco. Considering that I was up until 1:00am packing, it was a super painful...
USA: Wrong Side of The Tracks
Last evening, I took my first proper walk around the neighborhood and quickly discovered that I live on the wrong side of the tracks...
USA: Sally Was Here
OMG. Sally was here. That’s the name of the massive hurricane that made landfall in the exact fucking town I happen to be in--Pensacola,...
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