Every few months or so, I usually have to fight the increasing urge to quit my job, grab my backpack, and wander the world for an indefinite amount of time. If you’re in the same boat and... Read more >>

Laos is one of the last “off the beaten track” destinations for tourists and travelers who have become jaded with the creeping homogenization of global culture. This has much to do with... Read more >>

I arrive at my grandmother’s house—this home has not changed much in more than thirty years. The familiarity feels good. The front garden still has the tiny orange tree that Daddy (my... Read more >>

Yoni ki Baat is Sanskrit for, “Talks about the vagina,” and this performance—on the back deck of a bar on a warm evening in San Francisco—took me on the same emotional ride that I experienced watching… Watch this video >>

In July 2006 the Tibetan Railway was completed and you could actually go to Lhasa, Tibet by train all the way from Lanzhou, China. Before this you had to either fly or go by train to Xining, China... Read more >>

While thinking about this short story, a famous New Zealand Maori proverb came to mind: He aha te mea nui o te ao he tangata, he tangata, he tangata In a rough translation this quote can be read... Read more >>

Frika Chia Iskandar’s stature and personality suggest she’s more likely to be a bubbly seventeen year old than a twenty-six year old HIV-positive activist. The Indonesian woman was barely... Read more >>

Setbacks are an important component of life. They are lessons in life that give you strength and courage to face the difficulties. The hardships and problems that I experienced in life turned me to be... Read more >>

Hearing stories where someone flies by the seat of her pants made me extremely uncomfortable. “Spontaneous” and “playing it by ear” were not something you would hear coming out... Read more >>

When I would walk along Sukhumvit Road, the street where most expatriates lived and tourists frequented while in Bangkok, and then wind my way down to the side street of Soi Cowboy, where sex tourists... Read more >>