Travelogue

Travelogue

Tales of the weird and the wonderful.
Mar
15
All The Wrong Things Move Quickly in India

All The Wrong Things Move Quickly in India

Taner was in the fetal position when I said goodbye. He'd been coiled up like a street dog
4 min read
Mar
06
Night Train to Yerevan

Night Train to Yerevan

I was shaken awake by a dark grey blur and slow, deep voices. As my eyes opened, a tattooed rosary
4 min read
Feb
22
One Last Sunday

One Last Sunday

I lay there with my head resting on the grubby pillow of some cheap Nepali digs I’d found after
3 min read
Feb
22
Afternoons With Leila

Afternoons With Leila

And we'd sit in her dingy little kitchen drinking rose tea, watching the steam from the Persian rice
3 min read
Feb
20
As I Watched You Bathing in the Ganges

As I Watched You Bathing in the Ganges

Something stirred in me as I watched you bathing in the Ganges. Your young, slender body relinquishing the sari so
2 min read
Feb
17
Andheri Mornings Pt. 1

Andheri Mornings Pt. 1

I'd washed up in Bombay by early March 2020, two weeks before the world shut down. Auroville had
4 min read
Jan
03
Egypt: A Guide

Egypt: A Guide

Ah, Egypt. Often misunderstood, under-appreciated, and glossed over with superficial, half-baked assumptions trivializing its socio-cultural complexities. It's a
8 min read
Dec
27
Travel As Far As You Can

Travel As Far As You Can

My advice to people in their 20s is always this: TRAVEL. Travel as far as you can. For some, that
2 min read
Dec
27
Kingfishers and Keats

Kingfishers and Keats

Joe was a pirate. It felt like he'd stumbled straight out of a Dumas novel. Fully formed and
4 min read
Dec
05
Tangier: Ode to Moroccan Kif

Tangier: Ode to Moroccan Kif

Ah, Tangier. Morocco's seedy, bohemian wonderland. Originating as a Phoenician trading port, the Greeks claimed that the city
4 min read