Dear Santa, I hope you and Mrs. Claus had a wonderful year since my last letter to Santa! I know I did, finally making a very major change in my life after having spent so long doing nothing about it,…
Hiking in the Cameron Highlands
We were recently doing some hiking in the Cameron Highlands, Malaysia. The following is a guest post from Boots’ First Lady! * * * On our way up the Malaysian peninsula, we decided to stop in the Cameron Highlands for…
Coffee at Home, Tea on the Road
After a fair number of tours abroad over the past 15+ years, one thing has become very apparent to me that I find quite fascinating: when I travel, which unquestionably is my greatest passion in life, my habits completely change,…
Brian, My Guardian Angel
I was a 21 year old kid, enduring the bachelor degree slog at my local university. All of my friends were prancing about Europe and everywhere else I would rather have been at the time. September 1997, I managed to…
Keep Your Eyes on the Prize and It Will Happen
This trip to SE Asia we are just kicking off here has been a long time a-comin’, let me tell you. It was actually our plan to do it last year at around this same time, but well, you know how…
Driving in Turkey
Below I try as best I can to describe what it was like, driving in Turkey. I will admit, the prospect of navigating a spotless rental car through Istanbul, a chaotic city of over 14 million people, not to mention…
The Goreme Hamam
Just show up to the Goreme Hamam. No swim suit or towel necessary. But don’t come at all if you have any hint of a sunburn. That is for certain. Or probably not if you have a heart condition, or…
How to Eat Responsibly: Move to Turkey and Quit Worrying About It
After seeing acre upon acre of farmland and greenhouses during our drive down the West coast of Turkey, not to mention the hundreds of tractors we passed driving down the shoulders of the highway, I couldn’t help but to do…
Today, 2000 Years from Now
Of all the ruins I’ve seen around the world in my travels, there are countless things in common amongst them. One of which that strikes me every time I visit a site: they sure don’t build things like they used…
The Call to Prayer
Thinking back to where I was the first time I would have heard the call to prayer, it would have been in 1998, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. I don’t think I would have had any idea what I was hearing…