Overnight, Counting Countries has become my favorite podcast. Where else can you hear unfiltered stories of fellow travel enthusiasts and their adventures on the way to seeing every country in the world? I am both excited and honored to be this week’s guest…and maybe a little nervous–I am among some much, much more interesting and…
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As I looked out the window of my taxi, I was astonished not only by just how many motorcycles were on the road, but how close they were all driving together—like a giant school of fish. The bikes couldn’t have been more than two inches apart, and they were zooming! Braking, accelerating, turning and weaving….
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I’ve eaten some pretty weird stuff over all my years of traveling, with the attitude, when in Rome! Hey, you only live once, right? Here are six of the most bizarre things I’ve ever put in my belly! What I ate: Dog soup! Location: Kaesong, North Korea. What it Tasted Like: Very, soft and…
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This article is part two of my Israel–Palestine trip. Please make sure to read the Israel chapter HERE first, they should be read in order to get the full story. Palestine was part of a last minute, whirlwind, weekend trip; literally planned the day-of. As I admitted in my Israel article, I was pretty ignorant…
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I book most of my international trips 9-10 months out. I usually start mentally planning them over a year out. This was not the case this weekend. Israel was a last minute trip. I mean last, last, last, laaaaaaast-minute trip. I decided pretty much the day-of. I was in London on a Thursday night looking…
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Never in my life have I booked a trip and traveled this quickly. The boss gave us all an extra day off to “relax,” since everyone at the company had been working serious overtime; like burnout-level hours. We were all wiped out. So at our department head meeting, Gregg went around the table and demanded…
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If I’m lucky, on my trips that include visits to multiple new countries—almost all my trips—one of the countries I’m least excited to see will pleasantly surprise me and exceed all my expectations of it. Such was the case with Cambodia. I didn’t study or research Cambodia at all. I was too excited for Thailand,…
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I couldn’t believe how many women were in hijabs as I made my way through Kuala Lumpur’s Central (train) Station. As soon as I found wifi, I Googled Malaysia, to discover, to my surprise, the population was over 60% Sunni Muslim. I found that odd for an Asian country—this was the first Muslim country in…
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