February 23-March 3, 2024 Aloha friends and family, In the last few blog posts I wrote about my last minute rendezvous to Vietnam, which...

February 12-15, 2024 Hi friends and family, My penultimate stop in Vietnam was Cat Ba, an island near Halong Bay, a famously beautiful...

February 6-11, 2024 Hey friends and family, I arrived at Ninh Binh, my first stop in Northern Vietnam, around 5:15am on February 6. I...

February 2-5, 2024 Chào (Vietnamese for hello) friends and family, I got to my hostel on the outskirts of the old town part of Hoi An at...

January 27-February 1, 2024 Hi friends and family, In mid-January I booked a trip to Vietnam super last minute and figured out an agenda...

August 27-31, 2023 Hey friends and family, I had a rough bus ride from Wrocław to Vienna, but I eventually arrived late at night on...

August 25-27, 2023 Hi friends and family, On August 25 I headed to the nearby city of Wrocław (pronounced “vrot-swov”, where the ‘o’s are...

August 21-25, 2023 Hi friends and family, I wasn’t sure where I’d go after Budapest. I wanted to spend some more time in Europe and had a...

August 16-21, 2023 Szia (“hello” in Hungarian), friends and family! Kip and I were planning our departure from the Middle East with...

August 11-16, 2023 Hi friends and family, Apologies in advance; this post is going to be long but lacking in photos. The most eventful...

August 7-11, 2023 As-Salaam-Alaikum, or hello, friends and family, I left with Kip, Michael, and Alex from Jerusalem to Jordan on August...

August 3-7, 2023 Hi friends and family, Or Shalom (Hebrew), or As-Salaam-Alaikum (Arabic)! These are some of the more popular greetings I...

July 31-August 3, 2023 Shalom friends and family, I flew from Crete to Tel Aviv, Israel to meet my friend Kip who also lives in Hawai’i....

July 25-30, 2023 Hi friends and family! It’s been a while since I last wrote when I was playing catch up after my adventures earlier this...