A few days ago it was my birthday. I’ve been good about writing something on that day in past years, like in this post, but right now I’m just wandering around to finish off this interesting year and simply didn’t feel like putting something out that particular day. It was […]
A few weeks ago, I was back in the States for some travel conferences and also to spend some time with my family. My father’s 70th birthday is coming up in October and we celebrated a bit early, because we could get the whole family together. It was a great […]
So, as it turns out, I got in a little bit of trouble in Costa Rica all because I was trying to get some content for you, my loyal readers. Well that, and the fact that I am an idiot. Let me explain a bit. I’d flown from London to […]
I have been in a slightly pensive mood lately. Fairly typical in my case. Such moods roll over me every few months and linger for a while. I actually enjoy them quite a bit. The word I most associate with in this times is melancholy, which can mean depression in […]
“Bond, James Bond.” “Lucky, Michael Lucky Hodson.” Just doesn’t roll off the tongue quite as easily. But given that one of those is a fictional character and the other seems to describe my actual real life, I think I win. I have written a good bit before about my random […]
It took me about three days to get from Girona, Spain to Ljubljana, Slovenia. Each day was somewhere between eight to twelve hours of actual travel, spent almost entirely on trains. I love travel. By that I mean I actually love the act of traveling. Just the “getting there” part. I […]
We all tend to get into ruts in our life, some big, some small. That isn’t always a bad thing. In fact, a good portion of the time it is quite a good thing. Having routines is one way to keep our sanity. Having some of your brain work on […]
That idiot would be me, of course. Earlier this year, I was in Amman for about a month to prepare for and then conduct a social media training seminar for a group of people in the travel industry in Jordan. It was a great chance to work with two of […]
There are a multitude of perils of long-term travel. Though I get more than my fair share of comments along the lines of “wow, your life must be great” when I tell people that I travel full-time, it has its ups and downs just like any life choice. Although I […]
Radio is one of my favorite media formats, both to listen to and also to appear on. In my past lives, both in politics and law, I have had plenty of opportunities to be interviewed by print, radio and television. Radio is simply just a lot of fun. As the […]
“This is why I travel overland. I am an overland traveler. I am an overland traveler.” Laying in bed, I repeat it over and over again, as if it will solve my current woe. There are plenty of reasons I prefer traveling overland as much as I can. In fact, […]
Just a quick little post of self-reflection, as I sit here in Zagreb, Croatia, waiting for my very first Croatian train to take me to the coast. And a quick side note: I love Croatia. I am seriously considering moving here for 3-4 months in 2012. Aside from New Zealand, […]
