The flight options from Philadelphia to Bangkok are not ideal. For the first time in years I broke from my Delta/Skyteam fan-boy tendencies and grabbed a flight on Qatar Airlines. I did this for a couple reasons: There happened to be a one stop flight option available. Qatar Air is considered one of the…
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Communism & Cocktails – A Cuba Recap
Visit any other Caribbean island or Central American beach town, and you could easily mistake one for another. But in Cuba, you always know you are in Cuba. The contrasting sights, smells and sounds are clearly Cuban and generally in your face. If you go: (and you should) Stay: Skip the Hotel and opt for a…
Read moreNorway Part 3: The Trolltunga Hike, a Postholing Adventure.
Mindlessly scrolling through my Instagram feed, I came across an image that stopped me in my tracks. It just so happen to be Trolltunga, or the Troll’s Tongue. I’ll admit that a good portion of my motivation for heading to Norway at all was just that one photo, overlooking what seemed to be photoshopped lake. At the…
Read moreNorway Part 1: Preikestolen
I’ve had a fascination with Norway for years dating back to LooseGrip’s early work with Norwegian company, TANDBERG. It is generally considered one of the happiest countries in the world, their citizens have the highest standard of living worldwide, heck their mass murders live like the %1. So following a biz trip to London, I…
Read moreNorway Part #2: Everyman’s right. Allemannsrett. Buer Glacier.
On day 2, we woke at 5 am to attempt to make it to Odda, and on to Trolltunga by 10 to start the hike we had traveled to Norway to accomplish. The rain had different ideas. I’m a glutton for exercise punishment and all, but a 12 hour hike in the rain/fog/snow didn’t sound…
Read morePhotoset: Tulum, Mexico
Prior to our trip, I was nervous Tulum’s proximity to Cancun and Playa Del Carmen would mean meals were eaten at the Senor Frogs, and we’d be fighting cruise ship goers to get a view of anything worth taking a picture of. I was very wrong. Just 1.5 hours and one straight shot south of…
Read moreHector State of Mind
Steep cliffs and deep water, vineyards and waterfalls. Hector. Filled with Sailboats and ski boats, pontoons and party barges. Hector. Where Chris Craft and Kubotas are more sought after than Mercedes and McMansions. More kegerators than cable boxes. Hector. Where road noise comes from the road course. Where tractors and tourists cause the traffic jams….
Read moreCertified Marineros
I’ve been sailing for a number of years. And by sailing, I mean drinking on a boat that happens to have sails. My buddy Liam and I have that was passed down to us by our fathers (primarily because neither of them wanted it in their yard). While over the years we’ve gotten better, we…
Read moreSurvival In The World’s Most Dangerous Nation
“How about Honduras?” she said as we were researching trip destinations… I figured, why not? I’d never been, plus on the surface it seems a lot like the rest of central america. Turns out, the answer to the “why not?” was a few reasons deep: Hon…
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