San Sebastián del Oeste
August 21, 2024, Mexico. I woke up after the most restful sleep of the trip thus far. I searched for a latte place and found a grocery store that made […]
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Sayulita
August 13, 2024, México. I left Mazatlan and headed south for my next desertion, Sayulita in Nayarit. I’d been encouraged to visit the quaint surfer town by a writer friend […]
Monteverde
October 5, 2023, Costa Rica. From the main office, I got Wi-Fi, looked up a good place to eat, and then started walking toward the volcano on a guest path. […]
Drake Bay, Osa Peninsula
September 24, 2023, Costa Rica. I was sad to leave Ma and Eli, but I was running out of time with the rental car. Diego at Alamo had generously given […]
Rancho Los Palos, Cerro Gavilanes
September 21, 2023, Costa Rica. Given how much I’d done the day before, I was surprised to wake up easily at 7 a.m. I had offered to take Machita to […]
Ojochal
September 12, 2023, Costa Rica. I wasn’t looking forward to the day—it involved catching buses, crossing the border, and all the usual travel hassles. I rushed to Tuesday Market, bought […]
Boquete Post Surgery – Part 2
August 20, 2023, Panama. I slept poorly, probably due to the two lattes—the second one at noon—and partly because I was anxious about getting up early to go to Cerro […]
Staying with Ruben Barrales
July 3, 2014, Mexico. I had met Ruben when I first arrived in Mexico City to visit Alejandro. They had picked me up at the airport and I’d stayed with […]
Bocas del Toro
April 17, 2023, Panama. I woke at 7 and packed quickly, only to have my food bag rip as I left the apartment. I had to run back upstairs for […]
Otaru
May 11, 2025, Hokkaido, Japan. I slept restlessly and woke around 6 a.m. I couldn’t get back to sleep for a couple of hours and kept turning over whether I […]
Boquete Post Surgery – Part 1
August 16, 2023, Panama. I woke up at 8:04—my alarm was set for 8:05. I shoved some cornflakes in my mouth and met up with the three Spanish women to […]
Panama City Post Surgery
July 20, 2023, Panama. I had first arrived in Panama in April, but had been forced to fly home for meniscus surgery. I’d fallen off the proverbial horse and had […]
Denmark
August 16, 2018. After stopping to look at a mill and manor, I crossed a bridge under construction and came across a beautiful church, which I took time to explore. […]
Istrian Peninsula
June 25, 2018. I slept on a hill behind the church, wondering if a police officer might find me. The bar in the valley below blasted music until 5 a.m., […]
Back to Japan – First Stop, Tokyo
April 15, 2025. This was my second trip to Japan. My first was scarcely 6 months earlier, when we spent 6 weeks traveling to many cultural, historical, and spiritual places […]
Istria to France
August 23, 2022. I camped on the beach near Pula, falling asleep to the sound of the Adriatic lapping against the shore. I awoke to the sound of cars driving […]
Slovenia
August 19, 2022. I woke to a wet, miserable mess. Everything felt damp, but miraculously my tent fly had held up and kept me dry. Thank you, trusty gear. I […]
Hallein, Austria
August 12, 2022. I woke to a damp world. Everything was wet—tent, gear, me—but I had actually slept pretty well, considering. I drove down to the base of the park, […]
Landsberg am Lech, Germany
July 31, 2022. I’ve visited my childhood friend Anne a few times since 2010, my first time in Europe as an adult. Her father had worked with my mom at […]
The Romantic Strasse
July 28, 2022. I was sad to leave Ursula. Her kindness and comfortable abode had provided a valuable respite. I left reluctantly, heading to Rothenburg ob der Tauber, but traffic […]
Along the Neckar
July 16, 2022. I woke up to a cool morning, a refreshing change after the heat of the previous days. It’s been sweltering, with temperatures in the 80s and 90s […]
Chiloé
July 25, 2012. It has been a month since I last posted. Access to a computer has been scarce, and honestly, I haven’t felt much like writing. Sleep has been […]
Valdivia and Puerto Varas
June 28, 2012. The rain hasn’t let up—falling hard, nearly two inches a day. I haven’t seen the sun in over a week, but at night, the sound of it […]
Pucón
June 18, 2012. During the month I spent in Santiago, I met a flautist street musician, and we started spending time together. For the last week or so of my […]
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