Before I left the United States, a frequent topic of conversation was whether I was going to admit to being American while was out of the...

I’m writing this post from Osh, Kyrgyzstan. It’s a place is different in so many ways from SE Asia that I have some distance and...

One of my sabbatical goals is to learn how to surf. I’ve been vaguely intrigued by the sport for a long time. Growing up on the West...

I’ve spent the past month and a half in SE Asia and am now on the Indonesian island of Lombok by way of Bali. I’ve thoroughly enjoyed...

For those of you who follow my trip on the social medias, you’ll know that about ten days ago I spent a night at a homestay at a Hmong...

Happy Reunification Day from Hanoi, where the country is celebrating the American withdrawl from Saigon and the resulting reunification....

Yesterday I found my happy place. I took my rented motorbike back up into the mountains of Phong Nha National Park, where I had visited...

Today I want to talk a little bit about the things I have put in my mouth here in Vietnam but before I do I should talk a little bit...

I’ve been in SE Asia for almost three weeks now, first in Cambodia and now Vietnam. We all know about the sordid past of US involvement...

Those who have been looking at my Instagram know that I was in the Siem Reap / Angkor Wat area last week and saw some very cool stuff....

I have a Google Music subscription. I pay $10 a month to stream unlimited music wherever there is the internet or to download music to my...

Seus-Day, or hello, in Khmer. I’m writing to you from Battambang, Cambodia’s second biggest city (I guess Siem Reap, where I’m going next...