Mesa Verde: cliffs, droughts, and other discoveries Lush green mountains on the way to Durango
Relief has arrived after 10 years of merciless drought in Southwestern Colorado. This was visible last week driving through lush hillsides and neon green valleys from central Colorado en Continue Reading Mexico City: Soaking in a City Through Exercise ECOBICI Rack
Get out of your comfort zone and take in Mexico City via bike. Consistent bike lanes may be hard to come by and there's a good chance you'll experience potholes and broken macadam, but being able to bike Continue Reading Remote Year Is Over, My Life Isn't PolarSteps: my stops on a world map
According to my travel-tracker app, PolarSteps, in the past 13 months, I traveled 41,698 miles, through 21 countries. My homes consisted of 13 different apartments (one for each month), but Continue Reading Living in a Tree: A Weekend in the Amazon You know those mornings when you wake up, stretch, smile at the sun, breath in the clean air... and then notice a tarantula the size of a dessert dish about 8" from your face? This was one of thosemornings.
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ABOUT ME
Posts from 1+ Years of Travel
50,000 miles, 23 countries, 5 continents... and almost 2 years later. I've left the corporate world (and the US) to experience life.
A few days ago, I got word that a fellow traveler, Stephanie Simpson from the UK, had gone missing. Her body was found on Valentine’s Day (after a five-day search) by...
It’s the first of October and I’m in one of the most beautiful cities in all of Europe. I walked nearly twenty miles today through 2,000 years of history: through...
Ever since I left Lisbon three years ago, I’ve wanted to go back. Time passes and new ideas crop up; other destinations take a front seat. I sometimes dream about...
“Guadalupe is part of France,” our French driver mentioned offhandedly yesterday on our Sancerre wine tour. “Same politics, same benefits, it’s basically mainland France in the Caribbean.” Damn, I thought,...