2012—How I traveled
2012 was another incredible year of travel and I feel extraordinarily grateful for being able to maintain a mobile lifestyle. For those of you who are new here, I haven’t inherited a great sum of
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travel stories
A Stop in Bratislava on the way to Prague
When it was time to leave Olomouc, an under-appreciated city in eastern Czech Republic, I had an idea. Instead of going directly to Prague, why not take advantage of our Eurail passes and detour to
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The Random Events in a Random City in Slovakia
When travel seems to go wrong It wasn’t supposed to happen like this. We were supposed to stop in a small town in the foothills of the Tatra Mountains of Slovakia, rest for few days,
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On America’s Roads: The Natural State
We left Lake Charles State Park before breakfast and made a quick stop at Lynn Supermarket in the small town of Lynn, Arkansas. It’s the kind of business that advertises “Old Fashioned Hometown Service!” in
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On America’s Roads: Pushing further West—across the Mississippi
We got a late start out of Nashville, chatting around the breakfast table until nearly noon. We stopped at one of Nashville’s oddities that is the Parthenon—an exactly two-thirds-sized replica of the real thing
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Getting my Palm Read in China
93. He pencils in the only thing I can understand among the Chinese characters. He smiles and points to the man with a long grey beard and arching back behind me. I smile. He’s predicting
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Vomit and Cigarettes: A Ride on a Chinese Sleeper Bus
View from the road to Dali from Jinghong The vomiting began just after we pulled out of the Jinghong bus station. We hadn’t even left the city limits and the woman behind me had already
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Night train to Kunming
Our compartment is less than half full. But it still smells. The closest thing I can compare it to is the smell of 100 wet dogs. Add to that, the constant stream of cheap, most-likely
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Arrival in Macau
A week prior, we had checked the Chinese calendar for an auspicious date to travel. The first of January looked good. We had already been in Hong Kong for about two weeks and were anxious
By Interstate to Denver
By Stephen Bugno Part one of this road trip is getting myself to Denver in time for my brother’s wedding. I regret having to take the interstate, but due to a lack of time, I
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Why does the U.K. Hate me?
Discrimination in Great Britain By Stephen Bugno Arrival at Heathrow Airport “You were borderline: fifty-fifty. I could have had you on the next plane back to the States.” The Immigration Officer explained. My wrongdoing, as
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Riding the Iron Rails through Arctic Russia
By Stephen Bugno Train travel evokes emotions unlike that of driving or flying. There’s a feeling of being removed from the landscape, but at the same time part of it. I can’t stop the train.
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