My girlfriend and I were at a subterranean restaurant in the industrial port-city of Catania, Sicily. Cargo ships filled the harbor, shops sold horse-meat kebabs out of their doorways, and salt water flowed from the faucets. Ever since we’d landed in Sicily, the atmosphere had been one of fine suits, cigarettes, and Alfa Romeos. And [...]

I had gone out early to try to beat the heat, so the street was relatively quiet.  A man in an expensive looking track suit was jogging towards me on the other side of the road.  Seeing me, he crossed the street, ran up and took my hand in both of his.  “Welcome to my [...]

Unhurried, less concerned with material things, living in the moment, full of gratitude, easily satisfied.  This is the person I would like to be. I am a lot more like her when I’m traveling.
When I moved to Mexico, I sold off many of my possessions and stored those I kept, including two closets full of [...]

The year I spent in Bangor, North Wales stands out in my memory as the place where I discovered Linguistics and learned how to study. And it was where I first hitchhiked. But when I look back on that year it’s not what I did that changed me; it’s what I [...]

Water – it makes up 70 percent of the planet. It also is important for our survival, even more than food. But toxins are threatening our water and our bodies, and one of those main sources of those toxins is plastic.
According to the Beverage Marketing Corp, the average American consumed 1.6 gallons of bottled water [...]