No One Tells You a Tour Guide Will Make or Break Your Trip
You can spend months planning a trip. The right hotel, the right temples, the restaurant everyone raves about. And still come home with photos instead of memories. Here is what no one tells you: the person walking beside you matters more than almost anything on the itinerary. A great guide turns a place you visit […]
“The Beauty & The Burden”
I saw Maya Bay myself in 2017, before Thailand closed it for almost four years. I found it underwhelming, too many people and boats packed into a cove that small, no angle without someone’s boat in it. When it reopened, the coral had regrown and the blacktip sharks came back. No boats in the bay […]
I’m Back! Or Maybe…I’m Arriving
Where do I start? I’ve started this post three different ways, and I keep landing back on the same question. Am I back, or am I just now arriving? Because technically, yes, I’m back. Back from a long Chilean winter (USA summer) that felt more rushed than I planned it to, back at my desk, […]