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Avoiding the overnight bus in Baja Califorina
As anyone who has read my story the Overnight Bus knows, I hate overnight buses. I can never sleep, and I end up missing a day anyway because I’m too exhausted when I arrive in the morning to do anything worthwhile. As always, when I arrive in a town, I check the departure schedule for…
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Public transportation in Mexico: plane, bus, or taxi?
Transportation is one of the top expenses when traveling so I often take aim at it in order to reduce my travel costs. Sometimes you have to get from one town to another; other times it’s just around town. In Mexico, like many other countries in the world, there are a variety of methods in…
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Around the world with a daypack – My ultralight packing list
I laugh aloud every time I see a young backpacker schlepping a bag that appears to be the same size as they are. I see them struggling to drag it up the steps of a bus or trying to get it in the overhead luggage space of a plane; straining beneath its weight while trudging…
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Down to just a daypack
This trip presented a particular packing challenge because I began with a visit to the northeastern US in winter, but I would spend the final two months in Mexico. I solved the extreme part of the problem by packing my Mexico clothes in a box I had my dad send to my final east coast…
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Beating loneliness when traveling alone
The first time I traveled abroad by myself I ended up coming home early, which was a shame since I’d planned that trip for over a year. Just before my withdrawal from the trip, I met a guy who tried to talk me into continuing. He warned me that I was glamorizing life back home,…
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Change Your Life In One Year
I have a rule that you should never find yourself complaining about the same thing a year later. If you are complaining about something today that you complained about one year ago, then you are wholly responsible for that problem. I am often asked how I live the life I do. You know what, I…
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Impressions from my first time…around the World
In 6 months, I took 34 flights, rode 14 trains, visited 17 countries, and discovered that the world is a lot bigger than I realized. I thought I’d share my thoughts on each of the countries I visited on my first trip around the world. Naturally, these are filtered through my prejudices, and for some,…
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Ever wonder why I take the bus?
You may wonder why I continue to take buses when many of my anecdotes of travel misfortune come from these trips. I was reflecting on this myself and realized the reason is that I love the stimulation of all of my senses that comes road travel. There is nothing like road travel to see a…
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Always bring your earplugs
Instinctually, I reached for my earplugs as the door to the dorm room opened well past midnight, but then I hesitated. I had been waiting for my next story and this event seem to hold some promise. I knew he was a drunk the moment I opened the door the previous afternoon. He had…
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