Traveling Madly in 2013: My Year in Review
It’s been another busy year, especially travel-wise as I flew twice one-way all the way around the world on the
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Random Thoughts
When Retro Never Becomes Retro
Most travelers to far away foreign lands can tell you stories of songs they never expected to see or hear,
Read MoreThe Funny Side of My Life: Getting Paid
It just so happened that I took the call in my car, in an empty gravel parking lot in an
Read MoreThe End of an Era: New Passport
Well, maybe just a 10-year era. The New Year brings a new passport. I hate to see this one go,
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Tinker Tailor Cobbler Spy
I spy a cobbler. Exactly what I needed, and a word I think a good number of people haven’t heard
Read MoreThe Next Big Trip – Spring 2012
Winter’s been mild in Wisconsin, and I daresay I am sorry there wasn’t more snow. But this dose of winter
Read MoreByte-size Travel Reading: WildJunket Magazine
An Interview with Nellie Huang Backpackers and travel porn fans have got a new thrill source. This week marked the
Read More2011 Reading in Review: Book Recommendations
Every year I promise myself to read more. In 2011 I tried to keep a running list of what I
Read MoreA New Year’s Anecdote: Finding the Positive
Years ago I taught English in the deep south of Italy. Prior to relocating to my job, the school and
Read MoreInterview: Johnny Jet Goes on The Travel Channel
I first met Johnny Jet (John DiScala on his boarding pass) several years ago during Carnival in Curacao. When he
Read MoreThe Mad Traveler’s A to Z of Travel
A hearty thank you to Traveling Ted for roping me into this A to Z of Travel chain blog. I’ll
Read MoreA One-Straw Revolution: Blog Action Day 2011
Food’s What’s Been Eating Me I’ve been thinking a lot about food this year. Much of it started in the
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Do You Buy Local Crafts When You Travel?
So my visit to a Maasai village, which I blogged about a couple weeks ago, didn’t exactly fill me with
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Five Dishes I Brought Home from my Travels
Without a doubt one of the best parts of traveling is exploring a destination’s cuisine. (Er, unless it results in
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Dirty Fruit in Thailand
There isn’t much in the Thai language that sounds even remotely familiar to me in English or anything, which makes
Read MoreMy 7 Links: Best of the Mad Traveler
Katie at Tripbase started a project called My 7 Links wherein travel bloggers choose 7 archived posts based on 7
Read MoreTreecycle: A Tricycle Built with Bamboo
Bamboo is a pretty remarkable substance. Technically a grass, bamboo can grow extremely fast — over three feet (1 meter)
Read MoreJapan, Radiation and Poor Taste: When to Panic?
Just before I left Xi’an, China this week, my traveling companion Xixi informed me that CCTV, Chinese State Television, was
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A Packer Fan Around the World: Game Day, Bangkok
It’s 2:30 am on a Monday in Bangkok and I’m watching Poland and Serbia playing professional handball and trying to
Read More2010 Reading in Review: Book Recommendations
While I do keep a file of weekly downloaded short story PDFs from the awesome Narrative Magazine on my phone,
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