I look back on the time that we lived in Vientiane, Laos very fondly and in fact often question why we ever left. The city was opening to the world back then and seemed to change daily and I’m sure that it would be unrecognizable now, but memory has a way of playing tricks on…
Writing in the local paper. Local issues with a global take. I never translate literally and the editor trims at will to make it fit. Here’s my version, then theirs. I remember watching with amazement, and not just a little discomfort, as the young men in pointy shoes leapt through the air over the huge…
Travel, as far and wide as you can. But tread lightly. Writing in Verge Travel.
As winter continues its grip here on supposedly sunny Spain, today’s Foto is meant to remind me of the joys of sitting outside drinking beer (you choose your beverage). This was taken while I lived in Vientiane, Laos, sometime in September when the Mekong was still very high. While living there, one of my almost…
A new issue of the travel magazine Verge is out and I’ve got a few pieces in the current issue. Check out the sidebar on some of the Do’s and Don’ts when traveling in Laos and the first installment of a 4 part series on teaching English abroad. The first piece is aptly named, “Secret…