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Vietnam
Motorbiking across Vietnam
For just $300, you get your very own motorcycle. No, not rent, completely own. Granted they’re all ticking time bombs waiting for their disastrous end.
In Vietnam, Motorcycle, Feb 14, 2014
Motorcycle
Motorbiking across Malaysia
One-uping that glorious trip across Vietnam? It'd be tough, but a Royal Enfield across India should do it. Less than 48 hellish hours later, I returned to Nepal because India is o...
In Malaysia, Motorcycle, Feb 13, 2015
Motorbiking across Vietnam
For just $300, you get your very own motorcycle. No, not rent, completely own. Granted they’re all ticking time bombs waiting for their disastrous end.
In Vietnam, Motorcycle, Feb 14, 2014
China
Enshi to Chongqing - Chinese New Years
My last big trip in October went halfway across Hubei Province to the Three Gorges Dam, and just beyond that is EnShi. Its elegant black building complex was a scroll-stopper on a tra...
In China, Cycling, Feb 14, 2022
Gorgeous Panoramas of Cycling Guangxi
Guangxi (West Guang) is the province next door to Guangdong (East Guang) where I live. Much less developed, but way more scenic. Most people who've been to Southern China have visited...
In China, Feb 12, 2022
I was in a Chinese Christmas Commercial
Merry Christmas! This year I got to check off something that’s mostly likely because I live in China and not because I’m pretty. Usually making commercials in Shenzhen sta...
In China, Dec 23, 2021
Spooky Ride through LinZhai Ruins
Somewhere on page 19 of my favorite site for travelling in China bytravel.cn, there was an entry for 林寨 (forest stronghold). Crumbling house? Em, eww, maybe. It went on my "to-go...
In China, Cycling, Oct 30, 2021
Cycling to Covid's Ground Zero
Bike trip from Nanchang to Wuhan (Covid's ground-zero). My Chinese is good enough that I can now misread things, apparently. The "hard sleeper" ticket I was fortunate to get magically...
In China, Cycling, Oct 01, 2021
House Hunting in Post-Covid China
A new job in a new city was where I pictured myself when thinking about my escape from Huawei, but it seemed Shenzhen was the only place hiring. My new job is on the other side of the...
In China, Expat Life, Jan 15, 2021
Forced to Take a Covid Test in China
This week I decided to revisit a spot I didn’t get to on a previous trip; someone had mentioned that Pingtian was a beautiful town in the mountains. Come to realize, this part o...
In China, Cycling, Jan 06, 2021
If I had a Favorite Place
I could see it extending just above the treetops, looking out across at it from a mountain temple. The stone tower stood in solitude on a hill unaccompanied by such crowds as were aro...
In China, Oct 13, 2014
Teaching English in a Small Chinese Town of 1 Million
I taught English at a university one year – a nice step up from teaching at a kindergarten – in a town most Chinese people have never heard of. At around 1 million people,...
In China, Expat, Sep 10, 2014
Expat
Teaching English in a Small Chinese Town of 1 Million
I taught English at a university one year – a nice step up from teaching at a kindergarten – in a town most Chinese people have never heard of. At around 1 million people,...
In China, Expat, Sep 10, 2014
Malaysia
Motorbiking across Malaysia
One-uping that glorious trip across Vietnam? It'd be tough, but a Royal Enfield across India should do it. Less than 48 hellish hours later, I returned to Nepal because India is o...
In Malaysia, Motorcycle, Feb 13, 2015
Taiwan
HuanDao: Cycling around Taiwan
Distance: 860mi (1384km)Days: 19Days Wild Camped: 18Armed with: Beach tent, hammockWaves surfed: ½
In Taiwan, Cycling, Jun 23, 2015
Cycling
World Cycling Tour: Southern Africa
It’s probably not hard to imagine that this was my favorite leg of the world tour. The traffic to nature ratio was excellent.
In World Tour, Cycling, Feb 14, 2023
Enshi to Chongqing - Chinese New Years
My last big trip in October went halfway across Hubei Province to the Three Gorges Dam, and just beyond that is EnShi. Its elegant black building complex was a scroll-stopper on a tra...
In China, Cycling, Feb 14, 2022
Spooky Ride through LinZhai Ruins
Somewhere on page 19 of my favorite site for travelling in China bytravel.cn, there was an entry for 林寨 (forest stronghold). Crumbling house? Em, eww, maybe. It went on my "to-go...
In China, Cycling, Oct 30, 2021
Cycling to Covid's Ground Zero
Bike trip from Nanchang to Wuhan (Covid's ground-zero). My Chinese is good enough that I can now misread things, apparently. The "hard sleeper" ticket I was fortunate to get magically...
In China, Cycling, Oct 01, 2021
Forced to Take a Covid Test in China
This week I decided to revisit a spot I didn’t get to on a previous trip; someone had mentioned that Pingtian was a beautiful town in the mountains. Come to realize, this part o...
In China, Cycling, Jan 06, 2021
Wild Camping in Japan
I slept outside 19 of the 22 days I was in Japan. Behind the rear wheels of a parked truck, under bridges, on top of bridges, behind AC units... urban camping is half the fun of it. J...
In Japan, Cycling, Aug 16, 2016
HuanDao: Cycling around Taiwan
Distance: 860mi (1384km)Days: 19Days Wild Camped: 18Armed with: Beach tent, hammockWaves surfed: ½
In Taiwan, Cycling, Jun 23, 2015
Japan
Wild Camping in Japan
I slept outside 19 of the 22 days I was in Japan. Behind the rear wheels of a parked truck, under bridges, on top of bridges, behind AC units... urban camping is half the fun of it. J...
In Japan, Cycling, Aug 16, 2016
France
A Traditional French Christmas
Granted it’s well past the fact, but no one really reads this blog anyway.
In France, Food, Dec 23, 2018
The Around Town Cuisine
Three foods of France: the ubiquitous tartare de bœuf enjoyed France-wide, the alpine favorite raclette spanning several regions, and the dauphinois-locals-only ravioles.
In France, Sep 20, 2018
Italy
The Last of Fall at Gran Paradiso
I woke up cold in an empty campsite, beside a trailer with its blinds down. The off-season provided little approbation of how to use this big empty space, but I followed the park mand...
In Italy, Oct 19, 2018
Food
A Traditional French Christmas
Granted it’s well past the fact, but no one really reads this blog anyway.
In France, Food, Dec 23, 2018
Southeast Asia
Motorbiking across Myanmar
I’ve only been at work for four months and already get a week of paid vacation for China’s national holiday.
In Southeast Asia, Oct 04, 2019
Expat Life
House Hunting in Post-Covid China
A new job in a new city was where I pictured myself when thinking about my escape from Huawei, but it seemed Shenzhen was the only place hiring. My new job is on the other side of the...
In China, Expat Life, Jan 15, 2021
Gear
Bike Touring
World Tour
World Cycling Tour: Southern Africa
It’s probably not hard to imagine that this was my favorite leg of the world tour. The traffic to nature ratio was excellent.
In World Tour, Cycling, Feb 14, 2023