Breezing Through Airport Security Without TSA Pre-Check
Travel is usually fun but is definitely not without its headaches. One such headache became amplified...
Travel
Travel Subtopics
Ultralight Travel: My Packing List for 6 Weeks in Spain
I hadn't blogged for a couple weeks because I've been traveling. First, I went to California...
Travel Destination Movies
The night before boarding a plane to Shanghai, I made a point to watch the movie...
Keeping Fit While Traveling
One downside to traveling is that it is harder to stick with any sort of exercise...
A Foreign Country Each Year
Beginning in 1999, I started a "foreign-country-a-year" streak. Unfortunately, it ended in the pandemic year of...
Recent Travels
Below are some of my most recent travels. The rest are filed in the subtopics at the top of this page.
Louisville, Kentucky: Definitely an Underrated City
The Louisville Muhammad Ali International Airport greets arrivals with a welcome sign bearing the image of...
Hong Kong: A Fresh Set of Eyes on an Old Family City
My late mother was born and raised in Hong Kong, which you might think would have...
Vehicles in Hong Kong: Supercars, Motorcycles, and Plenty of Forbidden Fruit
Hong Kong is famous for its skyline, its dim sum, and its public transit—one of the...
Macau: Not Actually the Las Vegas of Asia
The idea came from my dad. He suggested a day trip to Macau—somewhere I had never...
Cars in Singapore: COE, Exotics, and One Very Expensive Fill-Up
I have a confession to make about Singapore: I spent more time looking at its cars...
Six Million People, Zero Litter: Singapore, the City that Works
Singapore is famously strict—no gum, no graffiti, no littering, stiff fines for each—and most people outside...
Noodles, Heat, and No Salad: Johor Bahru, Malaysia
Before crossing into Malaysia from Singapore, I had a working theory: that it would be like...
Cars in Malaysia and Encounters with a Mystery “P” Car Brand
Before stepping off a bus from Singapore into Johor Bahru, I half-expected the cars to look...
Seawalls, Pho, and a Moon Launch in Vancouver, British Columbia
The last time I passed through Vancouver was in August 2007—nearly 19 years ago—and I use...
Baltimore Beyond the Ravens
My knowledge of Baltimore before visiting could be summarized in one sentence: the Baltimore Ravens play...