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A year ago yesterday, I was in Chiang Mai, Thailand and stoked to attend my first-ever Asian lantern festival. Throughout Asia, from Thailand to Hong Kong to India, lantern festivals are common – [...]

A year ago, I was reeling. Chiang Mai, Thailand. Gordon Downie Jr had just died the night before, a legendary Canadian singer, frontman to The Tragically Hip. I was in the throes of jet lag, [...]

Ghosts. They be out there. Or not. Asians strongly believe in ghosts, in many regions. Their cultures are thousands of years old, so perhaps they’re onto something. Most of us dismiss these [...]

The old joke is we travel to find ourselves. Smart-ass opens a map, points. “Found ya.” But those who travel sometimes learn the finding and the losing aren’t about geography or chronology. [...]

Travel teaches us who we are, what we need, where we belong, what we crave, and why. It’s not just a trip here or there that teaches us this, it’s a cumulative experience. The more you do, the [...]

It’s a week of reckonings. I’ve been backing up photos, dealing with long overlooked things, and it’s been taking me back. Back through 16 countries, back over 760 days. Back, back, and back. [...]

Humid, always humid. It’s after dark on the eve of the Thai King’s funeral. I’ve just chowed down on a passable burger and great fries. Soon, I’m off to buy two Thai dishes to take home. [...]

When my life as a nomad began, I had been on one overseas adventure. Age 17, England, with my mother and brother. So, when I went nomad, I’d never travelled anywhere with foreign languages, and [...]

Thailand. Four days in. Some counties are a rite of passage for travellers. Thailand. India. Peru. Morocco. On it goes. Lands where culture shock kicks in. On my way to this café, I passed a [...]