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October 31, 2013

in Bad Decisions, Europe, Galway, Ireland, relationships, Round the World, sex, travel

When I woke up I was all alone, with a broken heart and a ticket home.

I already never wanted to leave. I'd only been in Galway for a couple of hours and had only made it down the main stretch of restaurants and shops. But I felt like I could stay there forever, trying out different pubs, listening to the live music that changed every few feet, drinking Guinness and Bulmers at a wooden bar, talking to some of the friendliest people in the world. There was something about the place. The way the light fell, creating dramatic shadows that stretched the full length of the blocks. The way rain water pooled in the crevices of the...

August 26, 2013

in Bad Decisions, Bogota, Colombia, Latin American Adventure, relationships, Round the World, sex, South America, travel

On (not falling in) love at first sight. (or, why does everyone hate on Bogota?)

It wasn't love at first sight. Of course, it rarely is. I arrived in Bogota on a Sunday afternoon, after an 8-hour bus ride from San Gil, and opted for a too-expensive taxi into town. Pointing to one of the recommended hostels in my Lonely Planet, I told the taxi driver, "Aqui." On the way, as we drove through the city, he reached back and locked my door and pointed to the other side for me to lock that one too. Watching out the window everything seemed slightly deserted, slightly dreary. When we arrived at the address in my guidebook, down one of...

Wednesday night party at Aqua Lounge in Bocas del Toro, Panama.

July 19, 2013

in Bad Decisions, Bocas del Toro, Central America, Latin American Adventure, Panama, relationships, Round the World, sex, travel

The three lies of Bocas del Toro.

1. I am not drinking tonight. I arrived in Bocas del Toro on the Fourth of July. In the morning, in Puerto Viejo, I watched Joey Chestnut break his hot dog eating record with the help of a vpn, a borrowed cable login, and espn.com, and I found myself missing home. Though, which home that was I'm not sure. And I realized that the two places in the world I wished I could be, no longer ever would be. I wished I was at Coney Island, which will never be the same because in this past year two of my favorite...

September 5, 2012

in Asia, Bad Decisions, El Nido, Life List, Philippines, relationships, Round the World, sex, travel

Life List #88: Go skinny dipping.

"When I met you I thought you were together," the Korean girl sitting across from Alex and I at the bar said, "you seemed really close." This was after we answered the other guy's question of "where did you two meet," with "at the hostel yesterday." And before a Danish guy's question of "is this your girlfriend?"...

August 17, 2012

in Asia, Bad Decisions, Boracay, Philippines, relationships, Round the World, sex, travel

The time is now.

I had some of the crazier nights I've had in a while while in Boracay. Nights where this suppressed dancer danced and sang all night long. Nights where we listened to acoustic music and drank happy hour Red Horses or two for one cocktails....

July 7, 2012

in Asia, Bad Decisions, Pai, relationships, Round the World, sex, Thailand, travel

Falling.

All I wanted was dinner. Scratch. Dinner and wifi. That was my plan. My mission. That was what I was looking for when I was walking down the street on one of my first nights in Pai. I certainly wasn't looking to meet a guy. In fact, I had promised myself that I wouldn't. No men in Pai. I'd been hurt enough lately and the last thing I needed was to meet yet another guy who would just break my heart. I needed Pai to just be fun, relaxing, devoid of any mental drama....

June 8, 2012

in Asia, Bad Decisions, Chiang Mai, relationships, Round the World, sex, Thailand, travel

On being rational…or irrational…or…whatever…

I am afraid of heights. No, that's not quite true. I am afraid of plummeting from heights. I held on for dear life and cried excessively every time a child bumped into me at the top of the Eiffel Tower for god's sake. So, how, exactly, I got roped into going bungee jumping in Chiang Mai, Thailand, and got myself 50 meters in the air, sitting on a crane, with a bungee chord strapped to my legs, is beyond me. No, that's not quite true. It involved, as such things often do, a cute boy and a couple of beers...

Khajuraho Sex Temples in India -- Western Group sex temples in Khajuraho, India.

April 16, 2012

in Asia, India, Khajuraho, Round the World, sex, travel

Sex in the Temples (Khajuraho Sex Temples in India)

You can't tell Jaime and I that there are sex temples in India — temples that feature erotic depictions of sex, orgies, oral sex, anal sex, bestiality, random sexual positions no one on earth can possibly maintain — and not expect us to book the first ticket there to see them...

March 1, 2012

in Asia, Bad Decisions, Koh Tao, relationships, Round the World, sex, Thailand, travel

Turning around.

When I turned around, Aaron, one of the only others who stayed behind, asked me why I didn't go with them. And I replied, "I don't know." Because none of my excuses seemed valid. Then Aaron asked me if I wanted to go book a ticket with him to Koh Tao. And I said, "OK."...

February 28, 2012

in Asia, Bad Decisions, Koh Phangan, relationships, Round the World, sex, Thailand, travel

On expectations.

I expected Koh Phangan to be a party town. One where I'd spend my days relaxing on the beach and my nights drinking buckets until I passed out. In five nights there, though, I mostly sipped beer, nary finished a bucket, hardly even made it to inebriated. ...

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