my overarching mantra, from what i’ve gathered putting this post together: travel often, travel frugal, travel to discover.
i mostly travel solo
Mosque of Muhammad Ali, Cairo, Egypt (shh don’t tell anyone but i did this trip with friends, but one of the few pictures i have of me solo — i don’t often take pictures of myself)
but that doesn’t mean i don’t like traveling with friends and family
My brother, St. Moritz, Switzerland
i prefer to fly; i hate road trips
Just after take-off on an evening London-Johannesburg flight on South African Airways
between cities in the same region, i prefer to take trains — especially high-speed ones
Somewhere in Central Europe, I *want* to say between Budapest and Ljubljana or maybe between Vienna and Budapest
and i love public transportation within cities, especially subways and trams
New York Subway, taken with an LC-A
i prefer staying in airbnbs because they’re cheaper and i feel like more of a local
The apartment building i was in in Saigon
i’m a sucker for communist statues…
Small communist statue cemetery outside of Tallinn
…and street art…
Toronto, Canada
…and interiors of sacred spaces…
Monastery of Hosios Loukas, Greece
…and anything abandoned
New Idria, California
i travel for experiences like concerts…
Virginia Jetzt!, Berlin, Germany
…or exploration…
Chernobyl, Ukraine
…or general curiosity about the world i live in.
Near Siem Reap, Cambodia
i do splurge every now and then, though, for big ticket “once-in-a-lifetime” trips (though i hope they’re never just once)
On safari, South Africa
and i’m a mild aviation geek
Star Alliance MegaDO 4
and let’s not forget about food!
Da Michele, Naples, Italy
oh
Suckling Pig at Pedro dos Leitões, Mealhada, Portugal
god
Saigon, Vietnam
the
Donghuamen Night Market, Beijing, China
food!
Luxemburgerli, Zurich, Switzerland