Dragging our suitcases up the street, I take a last look at the penjors now standing outside of every home, every temple in preparation for one of the biggest ceremonies of the year — Galungan….
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An account of Bali so far
Exotic is the word they use for places like these. Verdant rice fields make up the countryside, poles bearing makeshift flags of white t-shirts marking the spaces between the green rows. Engraved and painted swastikas…
Coming out of ignorance
I wince a lot when I remember all of the stupid things I once said. Oftentimes this reaction is sparked by a new conversation on a topic of which I was previously ill-informed or unaware….
What I want to say about travel
I’m trying to find the words to describe my travels. I want to write about this prolonged journey I’m on, with no foreseeable end in sight. I want to talk about how stripping away the…
Travel Vignettes – from Moldova to Kyrgyzstan
Our Uber driver wears a pastel rainbow striped button down, a la the nineties. He is nearly bald with only a downy layer of white still intact. Just a few words are exchanged before he…
Thought bubbles: the paradox of cohesion
Consistency is a tricky beast. Society/people/our expectations of ourselves always seems to be asking us to pick a path, to find a niche, to produce consistently within a certain theme, or hell, even a certain…