Hiking is good exercise so one fine autumnal day we went hiking in Bear Mountain State Park. However, when you live in New York City, to go hiking you have to walk to the subway – passing a perfectly adequate gym on the way – then take the subway to the bus station, then sit…
This might be useful to some. Here’s how to get from Cap Haitien to Port-au-Prince by bus. For those who don’t know, those two places are in Haiti, one of the least visited countries in the world. So I’m not expecting a lot of people to find this post through Google Search. Google Maps told…
The following is a guide explaining how to get from Albania to Kosovo, starting in Tirana and ending in Prizren. I’m writing it for all the poor saps who are in Tirana right now and can’t work out how to leave the place. I feel for you guys because I’ve been there. I’ll help you…
Often when you travel you come across something unexpected or breathtaking or something to make you stop in your tracks and go “woah”. It could be beautiful blue water off the coast of a Greek island. It could be an ugly naked man snorkeling in said beautiful blue water. For me it was a sunset…
Row, row, row your boat, quickly for the team. Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily, don’t run out of steam. Here’s my weird experience watching Olympic rowing in Rio. You know, during Rio 2016. I was lucky enough to spend 24 hours in Rio during the 2016 Olympics, so I went to see some rowing at the…
Let’s meet an annoying traveler. The wannabe Kerouac. You know the guy. He’s in your hostel dorm, shirtless, wearing a pair of Hawaiian-patterned board shorts, and he’s telling anyone and everyone he can’t wait to get “back on the road”. What “the road” refers to is an ever-changing enigma, meaning anything from an unspecified spiritual…
Prague isn’t short of fun things to do. From the Astronomical Clock and the Old Town in general, to Prague Castle, you shouldn’t be bored. But if you want something a little different, how about “a church made entirely of human bones”? Now I have your interest. This post is about the Chapel of Bones….
“Do you know what the most significant battle in history was?” asked our walking guide, George. It was March and it was cold and damp and we were in Athens, learning about Greek history, of which there is a lot. “I don’t know, but did the Greeks win it?” said someone annoyingly. We all glared…
Here are the 15 stages I went through when playing blackjack in Las Vegas. How do I play again? Okay, that round didn’t count. I think I get the hang of it now. Did I win? I think I won, didn’t I? I’m still winning? This is so easy. Why aren’t you guys winning too? Why…
Hello friends, I just wanted to write and tell you that my apartment in Manhattan is on the ground floor, facing out to the street, and quite often people walk past the window and we make very awkward eye contact.