Merry Christmas from Oregon and California!
This time last year, we celebrated Christmas in Thailand, on the island of Koh Samui, in the vicinity of a Christmas tree made from coconuts for the b... Continue reading →
Traveling again: A road trip on the Oregon/California coast
Most weekends since we returned from the round-the-world trip we've stayed in town where travel-like adventures consisted of three housesitting gigs a... Continue reading →
Photo essay: People sleeping in public – Australia & the Americas
This is Part 2 of my photo essay on people sleeping in public, covering Australia and The Americas (see Part 1 on Southeast Asia). The photo project s... Continue reading →
A day trip in West Sonoma County, California
I first traveled to Sonoma County, California, in the summer 2002, when I came to visit my then new girlfriend Lindsay in Guerneville. We've been retu... Continue reading →
One year later in Portland, Oregon
The yearlong round-the-world trip was an adventure of our lifetimes. A lot happened on the road. Meanwhile, back in Portland, Oregon, our adopted home... Continue reading →
Loving Chile on an Atacama desert tour
We like to think of ourselves as independent travelers: we eschew agents, tours, hop-on-hop-off buses, and other forms of travel arranged or organized... Continue reading →
Nature’s freak show in Bolivia: A Salar de Uyuni tour
As the end of our world trip nears and as each cash withdrawal or check of the bank account reminds us how soon the money will run out, we've become m... Continue reading →
48 hours in La Paz, Bolivia
La Paz has all the elements of a big South American city: streets jammed with mini-van public buses and taxis honking angrily for no apparent reason; ... Continue reading →
