This week I did another Q&A episode from my hotel room in Puerto Varas, Chile. I answer questions about travel, photography and many things in-between. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts
My guest on the show this week is Spud Hilton, the travel editor for the San Francisco Chronicle. We talk about his recent trip to Australia, the state of travel writing and his #CarryOnShame campaign. Subscribe on Apple Podcasts
This week on the show I talk to my good friend Chris Christensen. Chris is the man behind the Amateur Traveler Podcast, which recently celebrated its 10th Anniversary. He is also my co-host on This Week in Travel, which we have now been doing for 6 years. We talk about his start in podcasting, traveling …
My new podcast, The Global Travel Conspiracy, is now live! My first guest is Robert Reid, National Geographic’s Digital Nomad and the former US editor at Lonely Planet. We talk about a whole range of things including his project to take clarinet lessons on the island of St. Lucia. New episodes will be uploaded weekly …
I’m guessing the moment you read the header for this post, certain images and thoughts popped into your head. In fact, for most people in the world, Hiroshima means one and only one thing. If you asked someone to name something else about Hiroshima, they probably couldn’t. The word Hiroshima has become so intertwined with …
Today marks the 9 month anniversary of me closing on my house and becoming homeless. It is also the day that my old college roommate Sean will be appearing on Jeopardy. Sean and I were the backbone of the Macalester College Bowl team. We were the first and only team to ever beat the faculty. …
Hong Kong is very densely populated. I knew that before I came here and I knew that my selection of affordable lodging wouldn’t be first class. I have no problem with that, and for the first several days I was in Hong Kong I had a nice, but small, place to stay. However, I wanted …
I don’t just like to write about what I see in certain places and then drop the country as I move on to the next. There are some subjects that deserve revisiting, and one that sort of jumps out at you in Hong Kong is the Philippines. Why the Philippines? You’ll notice it if you …
Here are various observations on Hong Kong that are probably too short to justify their own posts: Street signage in Hong Kong for stores are unlike anything I’ve ever seen. They not only extend into the road, but often will cross the meridian and overlap signs from the other side of the street. The effect …