And so it ends, not with a bang or a whimper but a flee. In our last episode, we narrowly…
Forecast error
October is rainy season in central Vietnam. This is what happens when you try to fit too many regions into…
A world apart
Fair warning for you sensitive souls. You might want to skip this one. We left Hanoi like bats out of…
Wow. Hanoi. Wow.
Notes from my journal because how does one construct a narrative of this?? When we arrived in Busan, my reaction…
So, Seoul
I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list. Susan Sontag Seoul has never been on my list. In my…
South Korea: Sokcho, the sea and the mountains
South Korea, bonus round! Our heat avoiding itinerary change meant that we had time to fill before our next stop,…
This must be the place: Gyeongju
I’d been wondering if there would be any place on our Big Scram that I wouldn’t be eager to leave…
Busan and where we went wrong
When you picture a far-flung voyage, you don’t picture yourself hunkered down in your hotel room eating a fast food…
From Mexico City to Tokyo
It wasn’t a conscious theme, but the Grand Scram is turning out to be a great cities tour. Paris, London,…
The San Miguel bubble
We’re currently in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, an exceedingly popular place among the retired expat/neo-nomad types of the world.…