Murphy and His Law

We had arrived in Turkey in the Spring, and as a result the days were generally chilly and the nights cold. Beyond Anatolia we knew it would only get worse; we’d been to Europe in Spring before and knew that our experience would be, to our Arizona-bred bodies, the equivalent of living in a van [...]

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Fork Me: A Drive Across India – Part 2

<< Click to read Part 1 Every morning on our trans-India drive started out the same way; we awoke from fitful sleep by our talking phone alarm clock to the suffocating weight of reality pressing down on our chests. It was a terrible feeling, as if we had accidentally burned down the house...
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Fork Me: A Drive Across India – Part 1

The distance from Hampi, India, to the Nepalese border is 2,200 kilometers, approximately the distance from Phoenix to Seattle. The plan was to drive to Nepal for the short trekking season, and then return to India later to explore the North. “It’s only 2,200 kilometers,” I...
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A Landslide Brought it Down

The arrival of rainy season in Laos fell on deaf ears. “It sure seems to be raining a lot lately,” Sheena would say. “That’s just orographic precipitation and the rain shadow effect, my dear Sheena,” I would confidently retort. My lady can be so silly. We woke up...
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A Series of Unfortunate Events

It all started with a little bump. “What on Earth was that?” Sheena asked, wide-eyed and alarmed. “Just a little bump,” I said reassuringly. As dictated by Murphy’s Law, it was 92 kilometers into a 100 kilometer diversion off of Thailand’s northwestern...
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