South Island, New Zealand, Part 2
As a big fan of Jokulsarlon – an incredible glacier-filled lagoon in Iceland – I had high hopes for Tasman Lake in Mount Cook National Park. The Tasman Glacier calves directly into the… Continue reading
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South Island, New Zealand, Part 1
New Zealand is full of quirks and idiosyncrasies we hadn’t expected. Many of the bathroom sinks are comically tiny. At restaurants you always go up to the counter to pay instead of settling your… Continue reading
North Island, New Zealand
Marie and I took a first look at the Toyota minivan that would serve as our transportation and sometimes-home for two weeks in New Zealand. We hadn’t expected it to be quite so… Continue reading
Yasawa Islands, Fiji
My goals in Fiji were modest and my plan was simple. I’d stay in a hotel near the Nadi airport on my first and last nights, and in between I’d spend three days… Continue reading
Upolu, Samoa
Rain fell almost constantly during my stay in Samoa, everything from mild sprinkles to ominous storms blowing angry sheets of horizontal water. The weather made it difficult to warm up to Samoa, no pun… Continue reading
Ofu, American Samoa
Ofu Beach is the closest I’ll ever get to tropical paradise. An endless stretch of soft, white sand. Palm trees waving gently in the ocean breeze. Jungle-covered mountains shaped like shark’s teeth rising… Continue reading
Pago Pago, American Samoa
So far the most challenging part of my traveling-instead-of-working life has been avoiding excessive laziness between trips. For most of January I puttered around Marie’s place in Mountain View and over-consumed media. Marie… Continue reading
Ushuaia, Argentina
When my plane from El Calafate touched down in Ushuaia I was once again farther south than I’d ever been. Ushuaia, on the shore of the Beagle Channel in Tierra del Fuego, calls… Continue reading
El Chalten, Argentina
El Chalten is a tiny town. You can walk from one end to the other in 15 minutes. And yet – thanks to its location at the base of an incredibly scenic mountain… Continue reading
El Calafate, Argentina
El Calafate’s big draw is the nearby Perito Moreno glacier, a massive wall of ice that – unlike many other glaciers – seems to be holding steady, neither advancing nor receding. From the… Continue reading