Camino de Santiago: Day 2, St. Jean Pied de Port Distance from Saint Jean Pied du Port to Orisson 8.4 kilometres. The weather in Saint Jean Pied du Port this morning turned out to be unexpectedly fair. The cloudy skies of the night before had given way to bright...
Camino de Santiago: Day 1, St. Jean Pied de Port Today was Sarah’s birthday and we love St. Jean Pied de Port so much we decided to spend another day here just walking around and soaking in the scenery. We also didn’t want to spend the birthday...
St. Jean Pied de Port at Dusk Today Sarah and I begin our four week or so walk across the Pyrenees and northern Spain along the fabled Camino de Santiago (sometimes mistakenly called Camino del Santiago). I am traveling very light, with only an iPad and smartphone to...
Jonathan Look Running the 2016 London Marathon We did it! We did it! After months of blood, sweat, toil, and tears. After training on three continents in weather from freezing cold to 104-degree heat. After battling everything from stray dogs, severe...
Plain of Jars Site 3 It was a cold and windy day when we arrived at the Plain of Jars, Site Three in Xieng Khouang province in Central Laos. We had hired a driver, but you can’t get too close without walking, maybe a kilometer, through rice fields and pasture....
Patuxay Monument It is a little odd to see what appears to be a replica the Parisian Arc de Triumph as the centerpiece of the Laotian capital Vientiane, but the history of this unusual monument is even stranger. Patuxai, meaning Victory Gate or Gate of Triumph in Lao,...
Traveling is a learning process and if you are a frequent traveler you learn little “hacks” that can make life so much easier. This list is ever evolving, changeable based on length of travel, location and circumstances, and it is also full of opinion and personal...
A collection of in Wat Sisaket broken Buddha statues that were damaged when bombs fell on Laotian religious sites. Vientiane, Laos is filled with beautiful Buddhist Temples. On some days I will just go and wander from temple to temple, making photographs, reflecting...
