Recently I made a trip to Central Oregon’s Newberry National Volcanic Monument to do a bit of hiking with my friend Yariv who was passing through the state on a road trip. Even though it was July, there was still a ton of snow on the ground up in the higher elevations of the park, making the hike a bit more challenging.…
A couple of weekends ago, I traveled to Vancouver, BC for the Travel Bloggers Exchange (TBEX) conference—a place for travel bloggers to meet and talk shop, as well as meet people in the travel industry. I was looking forward to this because I wanted to get some inspiration, and to meet some of the bloggers, and podcasters I regularly follow. While there,…
Here’s an article I wrote about riding a motorcycle in Nepal published on the Matador Network! I’ve recently started a travel writing course through MatadorU, and this was my first assignment. I hope you enjoy.
This is my favorite time of year in the States—the beginning of the outdoor party season. Last weekend I made a road-trip down to California for Goa Gil’s Memorial Meltdown—the party I look forward to most every year. The Gil party is the kickoff to the outdoor psytrance party campout season, for me anyway. This year it took place on…
When I had planned my trip to Asia, I had assumed that I would be moving back to San Francisco after a year. While preparing to leave, I had to get rid of most of my belongings—pretty much all of which went to the Salvation Army, or on to the street corner in front of my place. However, I figured…
Before I left on my trip, and while working on building this site, I realized that I had a tough time with getting organized, and getting things done. So, I went on Amazon and started searching for self help books on productivity, time management, etc. That led me to a book called Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity—pretty relevant…
As I look out the window right now at the grey skies, and drizzle, It’s clear that it’s still winter here in Eugene. As you’d expect in the Pacific Northwest, there’s been a lot of rain, and it even snowed a couple of times while I’ve been here. That means I’ve been spending a lot of time indoors, and I’ve…
Hello all. Well, I’m back in the US, and living in Eugene Oregon now. Not too long ago, I learned of some family matters that required my presence back home, so I cut my trip short and returned to the US. Actually, I’ve been back in the States for a while, but have not posted much to the site because,…
Greetings from sunny Nepal. After my last post from Senggigi, I left Lombok and spent a few days on Bali, in the town of Ubud. Ubud is a small, artsy town in central Bali, filled with temples, great architecture, small expensive (cheesy) boutique shops, and good restaurants. My favorite part of Ubud is the Monkey Forest – a haven for…
…everything works out. Not two hours after my last post, the bank transfer finally went through. So the lesson here is that if you plan to travel in a developing country, keep a close eye on your finances, plan things well ahead of time, always have a backup plan, and definitely carry enough emergency cash to last a while. I…