The secrets to my happiness when I am abroad are actually quite simple. Continue reading →

I walked up the hill after some seafood fried rice, and the world started spinning in front of me.

The high altitude is playing tricks with my head, but it´s lovely to have a chance to clear my thoughts.

I´m in Quito and life couldn´t be finer.

I’m obsessed with this house around the block. I wasn’t even aware of this obsession, until my other half pointed it out one day. Continue reading →

The cauldron known as Egypt boiled over last week. I close my eyes, and I conjure up the time I spent in Cairo a few years ago. It is already a hazy memory, but a new light is shining on that time. Continue reading →

I’ve gone ahead and signed up for an account on CouchSurfing.org to give something new a shot.

So you out there in Internet land – tell me about your CouchSurfing experiences, cause I’ve only heard good things thus far.

My apologies to my mother and my grandmother, who both apparently are regular readers of this humble blog. You might wish to skip over this entry. This entry is for everyone else out there, but the two of you can just go over to some other corner of the Internet right now, OK?

The rush I get from travelling can only be described as teenage romance. Continue reading →

I exhale slowly, cautiously. My face dips below the surface of the lake. I blow gently out of my nose, wiggle my jaw back and forth. I slowly descend, the visibility is low. Continue reading →

Apparently… most people who come across this blog get here because they have searched for the following terms:

-Traveling (or travelling) monkeys
-Filthy toilets

Now my toilet at home is far from filthy, and my traveling monkey lives at my old job, so I’m not sure how I feel about this.

Now you know!

I apologize for the low quality resolution on this photo, but this constitutes a pretty good end to the day at work:

Also for your viewing pleasure, a Banksy original:

Cell phones take the lousiest photos.