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KENYA & THE SWAHILI COAST
2 weeks ago
I had never anticipated a yoga retreat being the impetus to finally come to East Africa, but an opportunity presented itself in the Fall that had several factors that proved impossible to resist. 1st, Darren, a fellow yoga teacher Alison knows from training in London, was launching his first retreat in Watamu in mid-February. 2nd, this was to be a co-production with his partner, Kat, who grew [...]

HONEYMOON OVER MOROCCO PT. 1
2 years ago
PROLOGUE Alison & I got married at City Hall NYC in May of 2016, but the honeymoon was deferred until almost a year later. Finally, in the Spring of 2017, it all came together. We took the entire month of May off. Nineteen days in Morocco. Five days back in NY to throw a huge loft party / wedding ceremony with all of our friends. And a week in Vancouver for both of our families to finally m[...]

HONEYMOON OVER MOROCCO PT. 2
2 years ago
CLICK HERE FOR PART 1 INTO THE SAHARA I really wanted something unforgettable for our delayed honeymoon. A remote patch of dunes at the edge of the Sahara - that require driving to the very end of the last road in sight and just venturing out into the anything-goes desert wasteland - well, that seemed to be just what the Daktari ordered. A sandstorm started to hit just as we left the road[...]

CUBA LIBRE
2 years ago
PROLOGUE As part of a larger branding endeavor for National Geographic Expeditions, I had the great fortune of being sent to Cuba by Gretel, to experience the country from the perspective of an adventure tourism consumer. The trip felt less like work and more like the cultural pilgrimage I had been unconsciously preparing for since I first began absorbing Latin rhythms via osmosis in the streets [...]

LOST IN BURMA
3 years ago
PROLOGUE Like most, I suppose I first planted glimpses of Burma in my mind via Rudyard Kipling and George Orwell. But my enduring interest in the country was a bit more indirect than that. As I've mentioned a few times before on this blog, I've been captivated by Southeast Asia ever since I first saw Apocalypse Now. As silly as this might sound, that movie changed my brain. I saw it when I was ab[...]

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BURNING MAN 2014: MAKE IT RAIN
4 years ago
PROLOGUE This year’s Burning Man was a profoundly different experience for me, mostly because I made a conscious effort to focus on the collective camp experience rather than my own personal existential bug out. I also only took a handful of photos, choosing instead to live in the moment rather than document it. Both of these decisions proved very rewarding in their own way. THE LONG AND SHOR[...]