The Namib: A Journey Through the World’s Oldest Desert
Experiencing the Flora, Fauna and Getting Lost in the Namib Desert
My time in the Namib left me with an enduring fear of dehydration. Friends complain that I bring too much water on outings, that it’s not necessary to bring a bottle to walk a couple of miles. [...]
Cyber Vagabonding Part 2: The Couchsurfing Experience
Couchsurfing: Another Way to see the World
At TentSurf 2010 in Mexico, couchsurfers gather around a bonfire. This weeklong party on the beach featured people from all over the world, and the United States. Part of the International phenomenon of Couchsurfing.
My guests have just departed. After a round [...]
Hospitality Services: A New Way to Travel
Couchsurfing can mean a wide range of accommodations, from mansions and penthouses to tree houses, partially furnished caves, vans, school buses, or vans welded onto the tops of school buses, like this one at an anarchist collective in Northern California.
There is a new kind of tourist out there—walking, biking, [...]
Seville, Spain: Travel
The city of Seville is the encore and after-party of Spain. People will trudge through congested Madrid, where flickers of flamenco and traces of tradition quell a normal tourist. It builds the suspense though, it’s the pre-game. The next wave is Barcelona–far quicker and more clever, but still so big and intimidating at [...]
In stark contrast to the quiet village life of Eastern Uganda is the capital city, Kampala. My Ugandan cousins, frustrated by the constant questioning and curiosity of their North American and European family members during a reunion, coined a term to explain how bizarre the city can seem to westerners:
‘T.I.U.’ Short for, “This is Uganda.”
How [...]
Last spring, as the final days before receiving my bachelor’s degree in English ticked themselves away, I was faced with the question university students often procrastinate on addressing: now what? Everyone was asking it; mom, dad, friends in more “practical” majors who thought they had it figured out. Even the professor had no answer. You [...]
Oh, London. London, England, is full of dynamite people and things to see and beverages to drink and the queen and…well alright, who doesn’t want to go to London. But there’s something just as good about a three hour drive west of the city. It’s a whole other country that’s lush, friendly and inexplicably exciting [...]
The fairy light garlands are swooped over all the major shopping areas, every vendor on Henry Street has this year’s ticket items (Justin Bieber posters and giant lighters, though the two are apparently unrelated), and it’s now socially acceptable to drink before noon, so long as your particular poison is garnished with a cinnamon stick. [...]
Belfast is a city that doesn’t get nearly enough loving. Despite the constant barrage of pamphlets about ‘rediscovering roots’, or the horribly cheesy radio advertisements about quaint Irish villages and the unbelievable hospitality of their inhabitants, Northern Ireland is rather poorly represented. Don’t get me wrong. I spend most of my year in Dublin, but [...]
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