Round the World
BOOM, BOOM, BOOM, BOOM… I was walking down Bryggen, the historic street running along the quay (that’s probably the first time I’ve ever actually used that word), and suddenly the air vibrated with cannon shots. And they were LOUD. I looked at my watch: 12 o’clock noon. I tried to think of what possible reason […]
Supercallifragilisticexpialidocious! Mary Poppins was right, it’s extraordinary! (Stockholm)
I arrived into Stockholm a little disheveled and disoriented. I even managed to confuse the lady behind the subway ticket desk as to where it was that I wanted go. Finally I sorted myself out and made it to Lisen’s place. I met Lisen through couchsurfing.com (a network for travelers that helps them connect with […]
One Night in Bangkok and other short stories (Thailand)
There’s a tropical fruit that grows here in Thailand called durian. They say it “smells like hell, tastes like heaven.” Well, they’re wrong. It smells all right, but the taste makes you want to spew your phad thai. Come to think of it, now that I’ve tasted it, it really does smell like hell. You […]
Yes, I really am still in Asia and not in America! But on American Independence Day, I decided to actually play the part of an American. I managed to find the largest group of Americans I’ve ever seen gathered outside of the United States at the American Consulate here in Chiang Mai. For such a […]
Tonight as I sat in the Pho 2000 restaurant (where, incidentally, Bill Clinton ate at back in the year 2000), the only Westerner, eating my noodle soup listening to a Vietnamese family converse in French, I thought back on my time in Vietnam. Upon arrival into Ho Chi Minh City (still referred to as Saigon […]
Bilbo Baggins probably didn’t expect to encounter trolls and wargs while on his adventure with the dwarves to reclaim their treasure from the dragon, but with adventures come the exhilarating surprises as well as the mind-blowing stressfully unexpected. I arrived in the Philippines not knowing a soul, not really knowing what I would do, and […]
My friend Dong Jin I’ve been overwhelmed by the generosity of so many people on this trip. I will for surely end this trip greatly in other people’s debt. I only hope I move somewhere cool soon so that people can come visit me and I can try to show them the same hospitality I […]