A toucan spotted on our hike near the Rio Piru Of all our destinations, I'd say that Costa Rica was the most rewarding in terms of w...

I've gone ahead and updated this post on where to buy and drink tea in Taipei - enjoy! (I welcome more suggestions of your favorite pla...

Brendan, Joseph and I went to Heping Island on Sunday, when all three of us felt a bit under the weather (Joseph got sick later that...

In observance of Women's Day, here are a few articles, links and videos from around the Internet that I've read and liked, that have...

Happy International Women's Day! I wanted to mark today with a more upbeat post (even if I skulk back to my brooding, cynical Cave of Ma...

Most of you are probably familiar with the erstwhile Pod Houses of Sanzhi , chronicled here and in other places. I was, like maybe people, ...

Female friendship, as Lindsey Craig noted, can be hard to come by in Asia. But it is possible to find if you hang in there. T...