The news probably plays at least twice a day on the eight-inch screen. Sitcoms blare a few hours providing not entertainment but friendship. And Larry King Live is the polished version of the man in front of me. This kitchen table is his desk, and we’re today’s guests. The man running the show...

Two tall athletic men just jumped out of a car and are sprinting towards me. We're alone on the 'safest beach' in Guatemala just outside of the President's weekend home. The guys are quickly approaching and I can see the sweat running down their temples. Their mouths are turned down accentuating their...

Hoi An, it feels like Epcot. But maybe less manicured. Hoi An, it feels like Venice. With the river spilling onto and taking over streets. With boats parked next to doorsteps. It's Venice, but shallower. People wade through the murky water, lifting their knees high, maneuvering around the boats and up...

Sweat is cascading down my back and my arm brushes against the boy next to me. I smile an apology and change my rhythm to mimic his movements. He looks back mischievously, changing his dance to something quicker and more complicated. I'm not sure what's more surreal, the fact that I've been invited...

I'm engaged in a staring contest with the chicken that is sitting next to me. That's not right. With the chicken that is sitting on a child's lap who in turn is sitting on his mother's lap who is sitting next to me. To be fair the woman's arm is digging into my ribcage and the not-so-small boy is...

I thought I was moving to Costa Rica but instead I've found myself
well inside the discovery channel. I live in Puerto Vargas--not a town
but a national forest. There seems to be a new special every minute
and in the real life discovery channel the animals interrupt each
other's segment. The...

Malama e ke kai. It's your typical Thursday night and I’m wet. Last summer I claimed to be a fish covered in coffee. This summer I’m strictly a fish.

This past weekend I visited/crashed with an acquaintance from college who lives on the big island. He has always claimed water is his religion....