[ Pokhara ] One Year Ago Today the Nepal Earthquake hit, claiming almost 9,000 lives across the country. Today there were a few low-key memorials here in Pokhara: candlelight...
[ Yueqing ] I suppose everyone has their Everest to climb, though ironically that mountain never spoke to me. For me it was always Sagarmatha’s sexier, deadlier little...
Those of you who followed my adventures in Mongolia will want to watch this newly released travel short. I met the producer, Ansley Sawyer, in a small coffeeshop in Olgiy...
[ Pokhara, Nepal ] onism – n. the frustration of being stuck in just one body, that inhabits only one place at a time, which is like standing in front of the departures...
[ Pokhara, Nepal ] You will rarely find overt politics here at The Transglobalist, except to clarify the (typically negative, unwanted) impact of the global haves on the world’s have-nots....
[ Pokhara, Nepal ] I’d like to tell you a story about ripples and waves. And a stone named Orly King. Orly died yesterday; cancer killed him. He was a skydiving legend:...
[ Istanbul, Turkey ] The day is dreary, overcast, drizzling; cool but not cold in the Istanbulite neighborhood of Cihangir. District Beyoğlu. For seventeen days and counting,...
[ Dallas, Texas ] Although my return to Corporate America is temporary, and for an excellent cause, my first week back into the world of Cubicle Being has been psychologically...
[ Dallas, TX ] One thing I’m absolutely enjoying about my short stay here in The Great Satan’s belly? Fast internet. Really fast. My response to this circumstance...