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Fourtet at the Independent in San Francisco. Do you know what I like best about the Independent? Drinking $1.75 beer at the Bean Bag Cafe across the street before the show.

We affect the places we visit as much as they affect us. It’s especially true in developing countries where the tourist infrastructure is being constructed and the regulations are lax. My motorbike broke down on the far side of Koh Chang yesterday, and the old Thai man who picked me up was pointing out the…

We’re in the town of Ao Nang, described by the Lonely Planet as an “uninspired link in the transport chain”. Fat sunburned tourists amble the main strip at night, mingling uneasily with the aggresive tailors and tuk tuk drivers. If you want to get an “I’m with Stupid” t-shirt, this is the place. And don’t…

My friend Eric sent me a text message the morning of our flight asking where I was.  I had just gotten out of bed and it made me laugh.  He had probably confused 12am with 12pm, thinking our flight left in the afternoon rather than the evening. As the more experienced traveler of the two,…

In many rural Guatemalan villages there are no paved roads, underground pipes, or electricity lines- but it’s still possible to find a working blender. It’s not the Black and Decker model, the one with 550 watts of ice crushing power, but in places where tequila is rare, ice nonexistent, and power spotty at best, it’s…