We should just get used to the idea of being cold and enjoy it.
Winter is coming
Last Train from Hua Lamphong
Between the spasms of human suffering, I took a pause late one morning to wander
Fever Dreams
And so, to get myself back to sleep, rather than counting sleep, I recount hotel room numbers
The Grump
“Oh no! You may have won the war, but I will not cede my moment of baby’s breath under your dirty drippings.”
Socialist Dive Operators
0 On a dive boat there is often lots of sitting around time. Time for everyone to arrive. Time as gear is prepared. Time in between dives. There’s time to talk. And […]
Sawadee krap! from Bangkok
Bangkok! If you stick a pin in the center of town and draw a circle with a 2500-mile radius there is more of the world’s population inside that circle than outside. It […]
Wadi Mujib on the Downside
I’m nearing the end of my time here at “the crossroads of Armageddon”, as some have put it. And while we approached Amman with a good deal of trepidation, we’ve grown […]
There Are Better Ways To Die Than With A Needle To Your Neck
I am a bit of a hoarder. I like things that are useful. I like to be prepared. So, when I go to fancy hotels and they have free toiletries, I […]
The Difference in Economy Classes
Emirates and Etihad are some of the world’s top airlines. FlyDubai is not. It is a budget airlines. Low frills. All one class. No free service. If you’re flying to Kabul, you […]
Grief Issues
My dad died, quite suddenly, in 2009. He was a bit of a hoarder. Not a hoarder as in a room full of pizza boxes kind of hoarder, but he had […]
Secret Asian Man 