Clik here to view.
A Tentative Travel Plan
I’m sitting in the center seat on the back of a bus from San Agustín to Popayán. The good thing is that I have a little bit of legroom behind the teenage girl who’s sitting on the aisle floor in front...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ipiales to Tulcán: A Fast and Easy Border Crossing
The hotel worker told me to walk to the park in order to get a better price on a taxi. He told me not to pay more than 2,000 COP or $1.22. While spontaneously getting my shoes shined for $1,000 COP or...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Haquillas, Ecuador to Tumbes, Perú: A Confusing Crossing
I was under the asinine assumption that the border crossing from Huaquillas to Tumbes would be ridiculously smooth like the one from Colombia into Ecuador that I’d crossed five weeks prior. That super...
View ArticleClik here to view.
11 Ways to Make the Best of a Long-Distance South American Bus Ride
While recently traveling from Loja, Ecuador to the border town of Huaquillo, I realized that I was enduring the longest bus ride I’d experienced since India. That made me ponder: Since arriving in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Four Acts of Altruism During One Short Drifting Jaunt in Northern Perú
Last week I was in the Northern Peruvian city of Piura. Piura was a stop after spending less than a day and a half in the southern pacific beach resort town of Mancora. Mancora lies in a tropical zone...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Chala to Arequipa: A Bus Passage For the Ages
I found myself in the small city of Nazca. This historic city lies about three hours south of Ica and the dunes of Huacachina. My goal was to get to Arequipa which is about 12 hours south of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
You Went to Nazca but Didn’t Fly Over the Nazca Lines?
This question has been posed to me a few times. Nazca is a tranquil little city off the Panamericana, on the desert coast. It’s home to one of the biggest tourist spots in Perú. The Nazca Lines is a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Murphy’s Law and Three Flights Across the Earth
Last year I flew from Boston to Heathrow, Heathrow to Bahrain, and then Bahrain to Delhi. The flights went super smoothly. After a plush subway ride to New Delhi station, the insane rickshaw ride to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Pondering Upon Phnom Penh
Just before entering the Southeast Asian nation of Cambodia from Thailand a year and a half ago, I acquired a food-borne stomach ailment. Because this sickness didn’t go away during my time in this...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Saudi Skinny
After spending close to 11 months in the forbidden kingdom, I was happy to achieve the goal of finishing a work year there. On a scale that measures optimism level, I’d probably score high as I have...
View Article
