Travels

Everything America promises but actually delivers, with better healthcare and worse weather.

Home base — the place you leave to appreciate more every time you come back.

Pure vida isn't just a saying — it's a whole philosophy you'll want to take home with you.

Small country, outsized heart — the kind of place that changes how you see the world.

Ancient ruins, colonial color, and landscapes that feel almost too good to be real.

Rougher around the edges, but the Bay Islands are some of the best diving in the world.

Volcanoes, lakes, and colonial cities that feel frozen in a better time.

A vibrant country with a love for sport, food, and a zest for life that's simply contagious.

A thin sliver of country that somehow contains every landscape on earth.

Machu Picchu is one of those places that actually lives up to every photograph you've ever seen.

One of Europe's last undiscovered gems — affordable, beautiful, and completely its own thing.

Paris is clichéd for a reason — it really is that beautiful, and the food really is that good.

Old Tbilisi, a train to the Black Sea, and a wine tradition 8,000 years in the making.

Efficient, beautiful, and a lot more fun than its reputation would have you believe.

The world's newest country, still figuring itself out, and somehow more vibrant for it.

A city built for bikes, canals, and people who know how to enjoy life.

Skopje's over-the-top baroque renovation is bizarre, but Lake Ohrid makes up for everything.

Belgrade surprised me more than almost any city I've visited — it's raw, creative, and completely alive.

The country that taught me how to live slowly and eat well.

Istanbul is the rare city that lives up to every expectation and then keeps going.

Standing next to the pyramids is one of those experiences that rewires your sense of what's possible.

Nowhere else on earth will simultaneously overwhelm, confuse, and completely captivate you.

East meets West at full speed, stacked vertically, with incredible food at every turn.

The most meticulously crafted country in the world, where even convenience store food is extraordinary.

Las Vegas collided with Lisbon and landed on a peninsula in the South China Sea.

The most empty, silent, and strangely alive place I've ever stood in.

Seoul moves faster than any city I've been to — and somehow makes it look effortless.

One of Asia's most underrated destinations — great food, great cities, and genuinely warm people.

Tiny, wealthy, and unlike anywhere else in Southeast Asia — worth the detour just for the novelty.

Angkor Wat is one of those rare places that silences you — it's simply beyond what you think a human structure can be.

Bali alone could sustain a lifetime of travel — but Indonesia is so much more than Bali.

The quietest, slowest, most peaceful corner of Southeast Asia — and completely unapologetic about it.

KL's skyline, diverse food scene, and jungle-covered hills make it one of Southeast Asia's most underrated stops.

Yangon at the start of 2020: golden pagodas, red lanterns, and a city full of cautious hope.

Over 7,000 islands, and somehow every single one looks like a screensaver.

The world's most efficient city-state, where everything works and nothing is left to chance.

The country that pulled me in for a trip and somehow became home.

A country that moves at full speed, from the chaos of Hanoi to the energy of Ho Chi Minh City.

The water is so clear and so blue that photos look fake — but they're not.

A small island that somehow fits in ancient temples, tea country, wildlife, and world-class surf.