An Outing With the Cairns Yacht Club: Cairns, Australia In the land of sugar cane, crocodiles and the Great Barrier Reef, Cairns, Australia has a hidden gem: the Cairns Yacht Club (or CYC as it's referred to). An inconspicuous boatshed sits across from some of the hottest tourist attractions in Continue Reading MEXICO CITY: A Not So Average 48 Hours... where to go, both on and off the beaten path Park Espana, Condesa/Roma neighborhoods
I’ve lived in Mexico City for over 2 weeks now and it’s difficult to pick my top favorite things for a 2-day period, but I’ll give it a shot. Imagine waking up in Continue Reading Mexico City from a Local's Point of View: secrets to a happy and healthy life Mexico City from Chapultepec Park
Before I arrived in Mexico City, my premeditated fears revolved around pollution and crime. My vision included a heavy dark cloud settling over shanty towns that stretch to the horizon, people lurking Continue Reading A Stopover in Tasmania Cape Barren Island
Flying 1,000ft over the NE corner of Tasmania and banking left towards Flinders Island in a 1978 4-seater Cessna, it occurred to me how little I had known about Tasmania just a week before. Continue Reading Prague: A City of Cafes A Cafe culture has taken over beer-swilling Prague. While Czechs still drink more beer per capita than any other nation (on average, 143 liters per year for every citizen including infants and grandmothers), high octane caffeine is planting some serious roots. 5 Continue Reading 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
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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.
Arriving in Ireland I stepped off the plane on a sunny afternoon to descend a flight of stairs onto the tarmac. Looking up, I took in the enchanting Emerald Isle, otherwise...
The Rules of Coziness It seems we need to create a practice around everything nowadays. Simple concepts need books to define them and classes to teach them… like meditation and...
It was a beautiful fall day in New York when I flew to Edinburgh, Scotland. I was departing from a military base/commercial airport outside of Newburgh, New York and I...
Yin and Yang The iconic Bondi Iceberg Club is an ultra white 4-story rectangular building built into the cliffs of Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia. Light blue ocean waves pound...
On a very narrow hiking trail overlooking Turnagain Arm, arguably the most scenic highway in the US (a stretch of road from Anchorage towards the Kenai Peninsula), I met a guy named...
Life in the Arctic Adrenaline floods your body as you throw back the blankets of animal furs and climb into the cold air. It’s 3am. The sounds of drumbeats and...