We got off the train from Frankfurt happy that we actually made it to Bern. Along the way the train split in two and headed in another direction. We had no clue, and it wasn’t until we saw another backpacker run by our seats we knew something was up. Our half of the train was [...]
When the thunder rolled in across the Gulf of Thailand, it brought with it a monsoon-like rain storm that knocked out everything powering Had Rin beach. I was at the end of my patience with Koh Phangan. That night, sitting in the darkness of my cheap room above a 7-11, surrounded by a mess that [...]
It’s raining in Prague. It’s one of the only times it feels truly authentic. With the gray clouds above us and cobble stones beneath us, it really does feel like a medieval city. It feels like it’s only been a day or two since I was here last, but in reality it was closer to [...]
Coming into Lima’s international airport you fly over a sprawling shanty town. There is a clear divide between the rich and poor in this country. I’ll tell you it isn’t the rich people sitting in those slot machine casinos that I’d eventually see everywhere in Lima. Or the children who harassed us trying to sell [...]
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April 11, 2009 (Day 10) After a night of another night of Valencian debauchery, Mick, Aly, Keegan and I checked out of our hostels and finally made our way out of Valencia towards it’s airport. There, after a drawn out two language negotiation process, the four of us began our rented car journey around Spain [...]
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