Scaling the very steep, roped, challenging, and rewarding Petit Piton in St. Lucia.
Category: Island Hopping
Not Azore Loser
Driving around Sao Miguel island in the Portuguese Azores, an untainted paradise of hydrangeas, hot springs, and tidal pools.
Driving Pasta Painting: Along The Amalfi Coast
Amalfi/Atrani/Sentiero degli Dei/Positano/Ravello/Sorrento/Capri/Pompeii/Naples, Italy. [May 2019] Swerve – Dodge – Pray. These were the constants over four days along the Amalfi Coast Drive, a serpentine marvel of… Read more “Driving Pasta Painting: Along The Amalfi Coast”
Ice Ice Baby, Part II
A return to Iceland in the summer brings us around the full island to treasures of the north, including Myvatn and Dettifoss, as well as the fabled Jokulsarlon.
Sand Silvers Down My Spine
Silver Sands State Park, Milford, Connecticut. [April 2017] This little-known, nature-focused gem along the Connecticut shores of Long Island Sound is a welcome escape on a long… Read more “Sand Silvers Down My Spine”
Memoirs of Asia
Shanghai, China; Singapore; Phuket, Thailand. [March 2017] Asia should feel exotic. Distant. There should be a faint familiarity from the first decade of my life, to be overwhelmed each… Read more “Memoirs of Asia”
North Shore Amour
Kaaawa/Kahuku/Kawela Bay/Haleiwa, North Shore Oahu; Haleakala Crater/Road to Hana/Kaanapali Beach, Maui; Hawaii. [November 2016] I write this with the gentle rhythms of the Pacific in the background,… Read more “North Shore Amour”
I Choose You, Peakachu – Olomana Three Peaks Full Hike
Oahu, Hawaii. [November 2016] Made it. Rain or shine, gust or dust. There is no difficulty, no fear, no quantifiable deterrent to what lies ahead. There is… Read more “I Choose You, Peakachu – Olomana Three Peaks Full Hike”