A ‘Bon Voyage’ card from my cousin Zoey, Age 4
Note the complex “heart-within-a-heart” imagery; the orange curly-clouds evoke our impending flight, and the center circle can only be a compass rose, as Tay…
What to take and what to leave behind
As counter-intuitive as it seems, the length and scope of our trip actually simplifies this age-old conundrum—11 months, mostly on the move, we’ve got…
Volcano Surfing article
My photos and short first-person story about rock-boarding down Nicaragua’s Cerro Negro will appear in the August issue of MACO Magazine, a Caribbean glossy…
La Despidida
Actually, “Bon Voyage” would be more appropriate for our post-wedding-slash-going-away rager at my parents’ last weekend, seeing as how Paris is our first stop…
Got Plane Tickets?
“Treat your tickets like cash,” said our Airtreks agent.
What’s on the bookshelf
No, these are not all going in my backpack — probably just the LP Pakistan and RG India (we’ll get a guidebook resupply in…
Pre-trip Prep
New York City, capital of the world, the perfect place to prepare for such a global venture as ours. On our way to the…
Good Fortune
Eighteen days till blast off. In between departure errands (faxing passports, copying documents, etc.), Tay and I met my parents at Empire Szechuan on…
Where in the world is Dubai?
Is it safe to travel to Islamabad? What language do they speak in Pakistan? How about going overland from Lahore to Delhi? I found…
O, The Places We’ll Go
It was not without some anxiety that we signed the money transfer this morning and watched a relatively large chunk of our wedding cash…