Photoset: 12 hour in Doha, Qatar

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…

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Norway 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…

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Photoset: 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…

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Photoset: Iceland

My instruction was as follows “Be at Dulles airport by 530 pm on Thursday. Passport in hand.”. That was the extent of the information I had. No information on destination, climate, itinerary, or attendees. Now I’ll preface this by saying I do have the type of friends who would send me to the airport with a…

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