Category Archives: Travel

Now that’s what I call a honeymoon!

Unfortunately every time I come to Japan I want to do everything I’ve ever done here:  climb a mountain, visit onsen, eat soba, tonkatsu, sushi, go to kabuki – in short, do a repeat of every trip I’ve ever done … Continue reading →

This week I am flying around the world. That sounds more daunting than it is in reality – its just a few plane flights, nothing special. Very impressed by the airports in Iceland and Copenhagen. Copenhagen, in particular, comes close … Continue reading →

My first full travel series -

What happens when you mix geek with weightlifter?  Yuri Vlasov, one of the greatest lifters of all time.

I’m writing along with the book a new travel article on Mongolia.  Travel writing that doesn’t suck is hard -fortunately  Seth Stevenson is my guide for this kind of stuff. His Japan series is totally classic in my opinion, even … Continue reading →

The greatest cliche in travel is “old meets new.”   I must say the conference organizers took that to a new and unexcepted level last night by mixing this with this   To a remixed version of “Greensleeves” brought to … Continue reading →

I’m off to the OECD’s “Future of the Internet” meeting in Seoul.    Unfortunately I have already been to the Kimchi museum so I’ll have to think of somewhere else to go in my off time.

An annual ascent of Shasta would probably be best.  But once every five years is better than nothing. (photo credit SP8254 on flickr, CC license)

My once idealized vision of U.S. Park Rangers was sure sullied today by their operation of a speed trap in Yosemite Park. Near Tuolumne meadows, on a straight empty stretch of road, there’s a sudden drop in the speed limit … Continue reading →