Soles of a Nomad

In a Karen village in northern Thailand, I learned how to shower using a pink bucket of cold river water—and how not to inhale it up my nose. Another lesson in barely managed chaos. Because travel.

Chewbacca noises. Endless mountain roads. A village with no restaurants or guesthouses. This is how we stumbled into Mae La Oop, and into one of the most life-changing experiences I’ve ever had.

Chinatown in Kuala Lumpur greeted us with noise, confusion, and a sandal full of something best forgotten. It only got weirder from there.

We came for the famous cendol and assam laksa at Jonker 88 in Melaka. Instead, two of our kids nearly passed out — and we learned not to underestimate Southeast Asia’s heat.

Surviving the humidity of the Borneo jungle wasn’t about strength — it was about surrendering to the sweat and embracing the discomfort. Because travel.

A night walk on the Kinabatangan River revealed an unforgettable sight: hundreds of spiders staring back at us from the jungle floor. Welcome to Borneo.

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A boyhood dream of tracking tigers leads instead to a nighttime rhino charge — and a chaotic run for survival in Nepal's Chitwan National Park.

A surprising mosquito encounter and a ferry delay in Tonga taught me more about patience and acceptance than any self-help book ever could.

Landing in Moscow was just the beginning. From surviving a wild taxi ride to accidentally finding my hotel in the freezing dark, my Moscow travel adventure taught me that sometimes chaos leads to the best stories.

Traveling through China meant breakdowns, sweat-drenched buses, and one very angry duck. Sometimes, you don't cry because you're sad—you cry because travel.