You’ll never walk more steps in a day than when you’re traveling.  Whether it’s hopping from cafe to cafe in Brussels, wandering the halls of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, or hiking the Appalachian trail you’re almost always certain to hit that 10,000 step a day goal.  My wife and...

Remember that photography is about preserving and documenting, not altering to meet your needs.  Respect people’s space and keep in mind that some people and cultures do not like to have their pictures taken.  Ask permission, respect boundaries, and tread lightly.  Some places and events are better remembered in your...

I had a 4-hour layover in Dubai. I saw the sights and had a beer. What more was there to it? The problem of course comes when, in an imagined conversation, there is a follow up question. What was your favorite thing about Dubai? Did you see X? How much...

While our gut reaction to the possibility of space travel might be to jump with excitement, we really must stop and wonder if it will be worth it. The flight, the weightlessness, the vastness of space, and the views of Earth are all the things of childhood dreams and must...

One of the most surprisingly culturally authentic experiences I had in Nepal was when I got a haircut. So much seemed familiar when I sat down: the chair, the mirror, the equipment. There were minor differences, too. But the real difference came after the haircut. In Nepal, a haircut also...

Travelers tend to gravitate to each other and for some portion of each trip I always ended up with someone. One man was a former criminal, trying to see the world in a new light, one free from violence. Another was a Vietnamese tour guide, finally seeing the world instead...

Ask your typical New Yorker and it’s been forever (if ever!) since they’ve seen the sights of their own hometown. Even better, New York City is in the middle of a building boom right now, with exciting new places to visit like the Edge, the highest outdoor sky deck in...

Many people struggle while they quarantine or travel alone. With packed schedules and social media, we no longer look into ourselves for a source of beauty, but as the German poet Rilke points out, there is a world inside of us worthy of being explored, just as there are cities,...

Americans might not think of themselves as anything like Ethiopia, but we are. We have our indigenous tribes, we have Wall Street bankers and West Virginia coal miners, Jews, Catholics, Muslims, Protestants, atheists, gun lovers and gun haters, soldiers and school teachers, progressives and conservatives, first generation, second, third, immigrants,...

For the next few days, I explored ancient streets, ate my way through markets, and walked back to my hotel at night to the Call to Prayer. I found the people to be friendly (except for my houseboat captors). One hotel owner asked me to join him for tea and...