Last month, I celebrated my second anniversary of being on the road. When I left Mexico at the end of February 2021, I had no idea where life would take me. I knew that there were a handful of countries…
Like many people, going to Easter Island was something that I had always dreamed of ever since I first saw a picture of one of their towering stone statues. The remoteness of the island and the mystery of the moai…
Day 1 & 2 – Caracas I arrived in Caracas in the late afternoon on a Saturday. Based on everything that I ever heard about the city, I expected it to be a crime-ridden place where very few people ventured…
For the non-extreme travelers out there, there is one thing that I need to make clear before I go much further. West Africa is hard. Like really, really hard. This is probably the one region of the world that many…
Every since I first saw a photo of Timbuktu, I dreamt about seeing one of the fabled mud cities of the Sahara. Although the security situation in Mali hasn’t been particularly great, it is still possible to travel there. I…
While there are some places on my travel bucket list that I have been wanting to visit for years, Socotra was actually a relatively new addition to my wish list. I knew virtually nothing about it until about a year…
Many travelers who venture out far into the Indian Ocean off the coast of Africa do so to have the ultimate threesome – not that kind of threesome, get your head out of the gutter. The threesome I am talking…
My trip to Iraq happened much like many of my other trips. I was looking in a Facebook group and noticed that a woman named Nena was trying to find somebody to go on a guided tour of Iraq who…
My trip to the Dominican Republic Republic was definitely unexpected Although I am not a huge beach person, I had wanted to go here so that I could add it to my country count. I didn’t really take much time…
Sao Paolo I recently had the chance to join a good friend on a business trip to Sao Paolo. Although it was my third visit to the city, I was just as excited to explore as I was on the…
Every once in a while, you are lucky enough to visit a place that you fall so much in love with that you can’t even remember what life was like before you got there. A place where you feel like…
Twenty years ago, Medellin, Colombia was considered one of the most dangerous places on the planet. Today, it is a bustling city that has emerged as THE digital nomad hotspot of South America. The city represents a Cinderella story of…
Every once in a while when you are traveling, you stumble upon a hotel or hostel that just feels “right.” It is usually where you least expect it and if you are really lucky, you end up staying much longer…
Every once in a while while I am traveling, I discover a city that I didn’t expect much of but that ended up being a wonderful surprise. Bogota is one of those cities. When I first visited Bogota in 2018,…
Mexico City is an incredible place full of interesting things to do. From spending a day lazily floating through canals to visiting world-class museums, Mexico City has something for everyone. Teotihuacan No trip to Mexico City is complete without a…