We landed in Taipei on a warm Monday afternoon, took a taxi to our hotel in Ximen, checked in, and immediately set out to wander the neighborhood. Within the hour, we had gotten bubble tea at 50 Lan, bought a
Taipei
February 23, 2020
Seoul
February 17, 2020
Several months prior to landing in Seoul, Lummi and I had considered a thousand different possibilities for our winter trip. Flights to pretty much anywhere were more expensive than the previous year, especially for trips that extended through the new
Dharamshala
February 9, 2020
The next day we flew to Dharamshala, a small hill station in the very far north of the country, close to Pakistan and Kashmir, mostly known for being the home of the Tibetan government in exile and the temple of
Goa
February 9, 2020
The next day we flew to Goa for the second portion of the trip: palm trees, clean ocean air, fresh seafood, and lots of lazy beach time. We each had our own bungalow at Village Susegat Beach Resort on Morjim
Delhi
February 9, 2020
The friends trip to India had been a long time coming, but 2019 was the year that it finally became reality. Mohit was planning to go back to India for several weeks for his mom’s 60th birthday party and to
Koh Lipe
June 30, 2019
Tucked away in the very southern portion of Thailand, near the border with Malaysia, lies Koh Lipe, a formerly hidden gem among Thailand’s world-famous islands. The island has seen an increase in development and tourism in recent years, but still
Singapore
June 30, 2019
Sitting nearly on the equator, Singapore is just as tropical and steamy as the rest of Southeast Asia, but its first-world status is very different from its neighbors and even puts America to shame in many respects. It gets a
Singapore, Koh Lipe, and Bangkok
January 28, 2019
Singapore The plan with Lummi was that I would go to Singapore a few days before her, so I flew across the Pacific, arrived on a Saturday afternoon, and subsequently had a Welcome to Singapore, bitch moment when I got trapped
Taipei
December 17, 2018
Early on a Monday morning, I slept as much as I could, checked out of my Hong Kong airport hotel, and bounced over quickly to the airport for my flight. (Proximity to the airport for this flight was another reason
Hong Kong (ABGT300)
December 9, 2018
For at least six years now, I’ve nearly religiously listened to Group Therapy, the weekly radio show from dance trio Above & Beyond. Every 50 episodes – so, once a year – they put on a big show somewhere in