From Paris With Love
So many things have happened to Leslie and I in the last 12 months, and they’ve all been amazing. Three books published between us. A TV show appearance. We bought a house…in Mexico. Loads of...
View ArticleOur Appearance on the Huge T.V. Show, “International House Hunters”
Exciting announcement!! Last year, as we were trying to buy our house in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico we were invited to appear on super popular T.V show, ‘International House Hunters.’ Considering it...
View ArticleA Fake Pilgrim
One of my favorite things to do in Korea is hike. No matter where you live, you’re never more than a few subway stops from excellent hiking trails. Last Wednesday I finally made my way to the trail...
View ArticleThe Road, The Siren
The Road, The Siren She calls to me as I sleep, entwining herself within my dreams, showing me the way and seducing me with her seductive and endless opportunities. The sounds I hear when all is silent...
View ArticleDarjeeling: The Faded Jewel
Darjeeling, a former jewel in the British crown, lies across the Himalayan foothills like some dirty folded blanket, its inner creases the grimy streets or trash strewn lanes, its outer folds the...
View ArticleInspirations From King Paddy
Everyone needs inspiration in life, whatever it is we’re doing, and we each find it in many differing ways. Some of us take inspiration from nature…a beautiful view, a towering mountain, for example....
View ArticleHouse Hunters International
Last year, my fiancé Leslie and I were on the HGTV show, House Hunters International. We were filmed in our beautiful adopted hometown of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. Here’s our appearance on the...
View ArticleBentota Beach, Sri lanka
Leslie and I just recently spent a lovely week at Bentota Beach, Sri Lanka. We both had to do a fait bit of work whilst we were there (especially Leslie) but there was still time have some lovely...
View ArticleHiroshima: Heartache to Hope
This last week has marked the 70th anniversary of one of history’s most deadly moments. Here is a post I wrote a couple of years back after my visit to the haunting site. 8:15a.m, August 6th, 1945....
View ArticleShinjuku’s Piss Alley, Tokyo
Tokyo was everything I expected of it; a thriving, super modern mega-city, spectacular skyscrapers, fabulous restaurants, and beautiful architecture both new and old. But that’s just one of Tokyo’s...
View ArticleRooftop Diaries, Casa de Los Colibries
Regardless of our love for traveling, there is no problem being home when we get to hang out on our roof every evening. Here are just a few shots from yesterday’s rooftop time at our wonderful home in...
View ArticleSeminyak Summer, Bali
After 6 months of living back in Korea, where things sadly did not go as planned and we found ourselves in a situation that was no longer tenable, we did what we have done so often before, and fled...
View ArticleTravel is Not Always Amazing
After fleeing Korea last May, Leslie and I had a few months to travel before we returned home to Mexico. We had a few countries that we definitely wanted to visit, some old, others new, and all proved...
View ArticleWorld’s Best Train Journey?
Sometimes words just don’t do a thing justice. That’s how I feel about the stunning train journey we took a few months back in Sri Lanka. It was a 2 hour train ride from Nuwara Eliya to Ella, and it......
View ArticleDia de los Muertos, A Guest Post on Day of the Dead by Mittie Roger
Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) is one of my favorite holidays, right up there with Dia de los Locos (Day of the Crazies) and Thanksgiving. I couldn’t be in a better place for it either. Mexico...
View Article2015: Annis Memorabilis
In keeping with my tradition of the last two years, I’m writing this post to summarize the last twelve months, first to share with you some of what we have been up to, but also to remind myself just...
View ArticleBeware Of The Monkeys
Some of my greatest travel memories and experiences have been forged in Cambodia, and they will live long in the memory. And almost all of them good. There was one incident, however, that was far from...
View ArticleAngkor’s Children: A Photo Essay
In and around the Angkor Wat temples, Cambodia, you’ll see kids everywhere. There are wide smiles on dirty faces, and bare feet splashing in puddles. They wear rags for clothes, and with almost every...
View ArticleReaching The Big 5-0
When I went on my maiden backpacking adventure in 1994, and first fell in love with traveling, I made a pact with myself. It was quite simple…that by the time I die, I want to have visited more...
View ArticleThe Pain of Auschwitz
The world agrees that one of the most despicable events in human history was the holocaust. Hitler’s Nazi party systematically murdered approximately 11 million innocent people, whose shocking numbers...
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