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Follow for stories that smell like incense and sound like ocean waves.


November 20, 2025

In the Company of Horses
A journey into presence and equine wisdom
November 20, 2025

In the Company of Horses
A journey into presence and equine wisdom
November 20, 2025

In the Company of Horses
A journey into presence and equine wisdom
November 17, 2025

Living on the Edge
Bali is balance. Balance is Bali.
November 17, 2025

Living on the Edge
Bali is balance. Balance is Bali.
November 17, 2025

Living on the Edge
Bali is balance. Balance is Bali.
November 12, 2025

Design Pilgrimage – Kerobokan Edition
Kerobokan isn’t where you expect to find magic.
November 12, 2025

Design Pilgrimage – Kerobokan Edition
Kerobokan isn’t where you expect to find magic.
November 12, 2025

Design Pilgrimage – Kerobokan Edition
Kerobokan isn’t where you expect to find magic.
November 9, 2025

Where The Wild Things Are - Green School Bali
The first thing you notice about Green School is the sound.
November 9, 2025

Where The Wild Things Are - Green School Bali
The first thing you notice about Green School is the sound.
November 9, 2025

Where The Wild Things Are - Green School Bali
The first thing you notice about Green School is the sound.
November 6, 2025

Definitely Not Speed Walking
Bali reminds you how to move.
November 6, 2025

Definitely Not Speed Walking
Bali reminds you how to move.
November 6, 2025

Definitely Not Speed Walking
Bali reminds you how to move.
November 2, 2025

How is it already November?
I touched down in Bali and within hours was back on the superhighway that sometimes can be life here.
November 2, 2025

How is it already November?
I touched down in Bali and within hours was back on the superhighway that sometimes can be life here.
November 2, 2025

How is it already November?
I touched down in Bali and within hours was back on the superhighway that sometimes can be life here.
October 28, 2025

Express to Taipei
Well, that was the easiest eleven hours I’ve done in a while.
October 28, 2025

Express to Taipei
Well, that was the easiest eleven hours I’ve done in a while.
October 28, 2025

Express to Taipei
Well, that was the easiest eleven hours I’ve done in a while.
October 24, 2025

Mobile First
What's the hurry?
October 24, 2025

Mobile First
What's the hurry?
October 24, 2025

Mobile First
What's the hurry?
October 21, 2025

The Secret Season
Autumn in LA
October 21, 2025

The Secret Season
Autumn in LA
October 21, 2025

The Secret Season
Autumn in LA
October 18, 2025

I Did It For The Plot - Erewhon, Manhattan Beach
I went to Erewhon because I wanted to see what all the fuss was about.
October 18, 2025

I Did It For The Plot - Erewhon, Manhattan Beach
I went to Erewhon because I wanted to see what all the fuss was about.
October 18, 2025

I Did It For The Plot - Erewhon, Manhattan Beach
I went to Erewhon because I wanted to see what all the fuss was about.
October 15, 2025

The City That Burns
I wasn’t there when the Los Angeles burned earlier this year.
October 15, 2025

The City That Burns
I wasn’t there when the Los Angeles burned earlier this year.
October 15, 2025

The City That Burns
I wasn’t there when the Los Angeles burned earlier this year.
October 12, 2025

America, Yeah
Touched down under the night sky, the sprawl so sprawling, and I Love LA.
October 12, 2025

America, Yeah
Touched down under the night sky, the sprawl so sprawling, and I Love LA.
October 12, 2025

America, Yeah
Touched down under the night sky, the sprawl so sprawling, and I Love LA.
October 6, 2025

Pack Now, Panic Now
Note from a Reluctant Packer
October 6, 2025

Pack Now, Panic Now
Note from a Reluctant Packer
October 6, 2025

Pack Now, Panic Now
Note from a Reluctant Packer
October 3, 2025

Jane is my Spirit Animal
A remembrance, a repost from a previous writing, a tribute to the spirit of curiosity and courage that Jane Goodall embodied when she first set foot in Gombe, Tanzania in July 1960.
October 3, 2025

Jane is my Spirit Animal
A remembrance, a repost from a previous writing, a tribute to the spirit of curiosity and courage that Jane Goodall embodied when she first set foot in Gombe, Tanzania in July 1960.
October 3, 2025

Jane is my Spirit Animal
A remembrance, a repost from a previous writing, a tribute to the spirit of curiosity and courage that Jane Goodall embodied when she first set foot in Gombe, Tanzania in July 1960.
September 29, 2025

Expat 101
From cousins in Málaga, Brussels, Central Asia and Trinidad to my own mornings in Bali, my family is known for swapping home for elsewhere.
September 29, 2025

Expat 101
From cousins in Málaga, Brussels, Central Asia and Trinidad to my own mornings in Bali, my family is known for swapping home for elsewhere.
September 29, 2025

Expat 101
From cousins in Málaga, Brussels, Central Asia and Trinidad to my own mornings in Bali, my family is known for swapping home for elsewhere.
September 28, 2025

Motorbikes and Magic in Bali
Some weeks in Bali run on yoga mats and green juice.
September 28, 2025

Motorbikes and Magic in Bali
Some weeks in Bali run on yoga mats and green juice.
September 28, 2025

Motorbikes and Magic in Bali
Some weeks in Bali run on yoga mats and green juice.
September 26, 2025

The Case for Travel, Still
an answer to The Case Against Travel, published in the The New Yorker, By Agnes Callard, June 24, 2023
September 26, 2025

The Case for Travel, Still
an answer to The Case Against Travel, published in the The New Yorker, By Agnes Callard, June 24, 2023
September 26, 2025

The Case for Travel, Still
an answer to The Case Against Travel, published in the The New Yorker, By Agnes Callard, June 24, 2023
September 25, 2025

Why Travel Might Be My Best Longevity Hack
(inspired by my conversation yesterday at The Bridge, with Kai & Josie)
September 25, 2025

Why Travel Might Be My Best Longevity Hack
(inspired by my conversation yesterday at The Bridge, with Kai & Josie)
September 25, 2025

Why Travel Might Be My Best Longevity Hack
(inspired by my conversation yesterday at The Bridge, with Kai & Josie)
September 22, 2025

Design Pilgrimage
Ubud Style
September 22, 2025

Design Pilgrimage
Ubud Style
September 22, 2025

Design Pilgrimage
Ubud Style
September 18, 2025

Healing Bali Style
Not Always A Spa Day
September 18, 2025

Healing Bali Style
Not Always A Spa Day
September 18, 2025

Healing Bali Style
Not Always A Spa Day
September 15, 2025

What Do They Think of Us?
Notes from an American Abroad
September 15, 2025

What Do They Think of Us?
Notes from an American Abroad
September 15, 2025

What Do They Think of Us?
Notes from an American Abroad
September 11, 2025

Scallop Pies and Shipstern Bluff
Tasmania in winter is not playing
September 11, 2025

Scallop Pies and Shipstern Bluff
Tasmania in winter is not playing
September 11, 2025

Scallop Pies and Shipstern Bluff
Tasmania in winter is not playing
September 8, 2025

A Weekend in Melbourne
Silk and Salt Air
September 8, 2025

A Weekend in Melbourne
Silk and Salt Air
September 8, 2025

A Weekend in Melbourne
Silk and Salt Air
September 4, 2025

Four Seasons in One
Weekend in Melbourne
September 4, 2025

Four Seasons in One
Weekend in Melbourne
September 4, 2025

Four Seasons in One
Weekend in Melbourne
September 1, 2025

My Plus One
The elephant in the room is loneliness.
September 1, 2025

My Plus One
The elephant in the room is loneliness.
September 1, 2025

My Plus One
The elephant in the room is loneliness.
August 29, 2025

Beyond Spas and Smoothies
The Deeper Call of Wellness Travel
August 29, 2025

Beyond Spas and Smoothies
The Deeper Call of Wellness Travel
August 29, 2025

Beyond Spas and Smoothies
The Deeper Call of Wellness Travel