The Price of One Star
I stopped leaving negative reviews years ago. Three minutes in a market outside Lalibela is most of the reason.
Travel
Eleven years without a home. What works, what doesn’t, what it costs.
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Your Medication Is a Logistical Project. Treat It Like One.
I carry four prescriptions, nitroglycerin, Paxlovid, and a pile of other things. I've been through customs with dogs in Ecuador and machine guns in Iraq. Here's what eleven years of this actually looks like.
Four Passports and Nothing to Hide
Two Americans, four identical blue passports, and a Bangkok immigration officer with her hand out. Why the one thing I have never managed to travel lighter on is proof I'm allowed to travel.
The Passport Fight You Already Lost
The visa service sent a stranger on a motorbike, and I handed him both our passports. I'd do it again tomorrow. The fight to keep your passport data private was lost years ago. The real leverage is somewhere else.
Of Course There's a Mall
More same same than different. Big companies own most of it. Maybe we're living in one big mall?
The Non-Goodbye
After eleven years of leaving places and people, Lisa and I understand something about goodbyes that most people don't have to think about. They're permanent. We just don't say so.
The Fuel Crisis Is Real. Fly Anyway.
150,000 flights cut. Spirit's dead. Fares up 19%. The EU just blocked airlines from using fuel prices as a compensation dodge. Here's what it actually costs you — and what it doesn't.