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Halfway-Anywhere-Origin-Story-Featured

March 5, 2018 By Mac 7 Comments

Halfway Anywhere: The Origin Story

If there's one question that you folks contact me with the most, it's this, "How do you support yourself? How do you make money? What on Earth are you doing to be able to support this [apparent] life of indefinite travel!?" As I do with most things I find myself responding to in emails over and

Filed Under: News, Travel Tagged With: Blogging, History, Story, Work

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May 9, 2016 By Mac 4 Comments

The World’s Highest Bungee Jump

Here's some trivia for you: did you know that the world's highest bungee jump is in Macau? What's that? Where's Macau? Do you know where Hong Kong is? No, "somewhere in China" is not an acceptable answer to this question. Although Macau is likely always described in the context of its more

Filed Under: Macau Tagged With: Bucket List, Story, Travel Videos

PCT Trail Magic

August 26, 2014 By Mac 4 Comments

Paying It Forward On The Pacific Crest Trail

Following the extensive list of horrifying things to be found on the Pacific Crest Trail, the trail's second most abundant resource award goes to "the kindness of strangers" (or "the poop of strangers" - it's a close call). My objectively undeserving self was showered in trail magic simply

Filed Under: Pacific Crest Trail Tagged With: Story, Strangers, Trail Angels, Trail Magic

Germany Hitchhiking Sign 1

July 14, 2014 By Mac 4 Comments

Hitchhiking Adventures In Germany

After successfully navigating my way through Sweden on the thumb, I have mustered up the confidence to try my luck hitching in a place where the English is not as widely spoken. It is time to venture into Germany and towards my newly acquired destination: Berlin. I am currently in the city of

Filed Under: Germany Tagged With: Hitchhiking, Story, Strangers

April 27, 2014 By Mac 14 Comments

52 Hours Of “I’m Never Doing This Again”

A Greyhound Bus from Los Angeles to New Orleans. So much uncertainty. Do joyous memories, character-building life experience and lifelong friends await me on the road? Or is this as terrible an idea as it sounds? TL;DR: it was a terrible idea. THE ITINERARY Los Angeles to San Diego.

Filed Under: Travel Tales, United States Tagged With: Public Transportation, Road Trip, Story, Strangers

Japanese Barber Shop

January 21, 2014 By Mac Leave a Comment

The Time A Japanese Stranger Stole My Pride

I did not walk 2,600 miles from Mexico to Canada for glory. I didn't do it for charity, I didn't do it for exercise, not for fun, not for attention, not for personal growth. I did it for another type of growth: beard growth. And I was incredibly successful. Only five days after my Pacific Crest

Filed Under: Japan, Travel Tales Tagged With: Story, Strangers

Basashi Plate

January 20, 2014 By Mac 24 Comments

Basashi: Eating Raw Horse Meat

Basashi. Say it with me: bah-saw-she. Good. And as the title of this post may have led you to believe, yes, it is what the Japanese call raw horse meat (and yes, it is for eating). It is a speciality in Kumamoto, on Japan's island of Kyushu, and luckily for me, Kumamoto is where I have

Filed Under: Japan Tagged With: Japanese Food, Story

January 18, 2014 By Mac Leave a Comment

I’m Turning Japanese

My passport will not swipe at the self-service kiosk - do I really have to get into that giant line of people behind the check-in counter? An airline employee on the floor attempts to rectify the situation, but after ten minutes of failed attempts (and the aggravated bending of my passport) she

Filed Under: Japan, Travel Tales Tagged With: Pre-Departure, Story

Hercilio Luz Bridge

February 22, 2011 By Mac Leave a Comment

Florianópolis Part I: Arrival In Brazil’s South

Sometimes when all you are trying to do is work as hard as you can in your classes, your university up and decides (without even asking for your input) that since you are giving such a fantastic effort, it would be best for everyone that you take a three-week break from learning the Porky Cheese to

Filed Under: Brazil Tagged With: First Impressions, Florianópolis, Story

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