Travelogue

Travelogue

Tales of the weird and the wonderful.
Dec
05
The عاهل of Luxor

The عاهل of Luxor

We never saw his eyes, yet he was the self-acclaimed king (eahil/aahl; عاهل) of Luxor, and by the end
6 min read
Dec
04
The Gift of Travel

The Gift of Travel

Travel is certainly a privilege. Anyone who espouses the opposite is deluded by their own and not worth listening to.
3 min read
Jul
01
Death in the Caucasus

Death in the Caucasus

We were sitting in the kitchen shooting whiskey while the rigor mortis claimed her body above us. Tamaz drunkenly stumbled
6 min read
Jun
24
Puglia: Un Posto Al Sole

Puglia: Un Posto Al Sole

Francesca wore more gold than Montezuma. She'd swagger around her Puglian villa half-naked, drunkenly clutching 100 euro bottles
4 min read
Jun
15
Rajasthani Afternoons

Rajasthani Afternoons

I met Anuj in an ashram cafeteria in Rishikesh. He was holding court in an Adidas tracksuit, gathering followers as
7 min read
Jun
12
AWOL in Armenia

AWOL in Armenia

I was speeding through a blizzard in the Armenian highlands with a chain-smoking, one-handed taxi driver blasting Rabiz on his
7 min read
May
28
Haywire in the Hashemite

Haywire in the Hashemite

Mac arrived to a bottle of the sleaziest Jordanian bootleg spirits I'd laid eyes on. I had spent
5 min read
May
21
The Malaganese Fairy Queen

The Malaganese Fairy Queen

Years later, I’d awake to a newspaper clipping of Stella being marched off to spend her golden years in
2 min read
May
10
The Wannas Way: Afternoons by the Nile

The Wannas Way: Afternoons by the Nile

I read the Koran as the Nubian sun began its 12-hour descent into the mythos of the ancient Egyptian underworld,
5 min read
Apr
27
Adventures With Mr T.

Adventures With Mr T.

He wasn’t exactly the guardian angel of my visions. This little man with a ripped t-shirt, Colgate smile, and
6 min read