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In the Amazon, the Insects Love Me
In the Amazon, the Insects Love Me I’ve been in the Amazon two weeks now—it’s a wild place. Rough, tough, with an edge of violence. Even its insects are aggressive. I’ve been suffering from all kinds...
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Words I Learned in the Amazon
A Brief Lexicon of Rivers and Jungles a tempestade = storm a trovão = thunder o raio = lightning demora = wait, delay, lateness a rede = hammock a corda = rope (to hang the hammock if necessary) o...
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Sweaty and Silent in the Amazon
It’s been painful, but I’ve finally broken in. I didn’t know what was breaking—or what needed to be broken—but it happened in the Amazon. I guessed that something was up, but the roar was so deafening...
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10 Can’t-Miss Snacks in Rio de Janeiro
And now for something completely light and fluffy…. ! Here’s my post for Fodor’s travel blog from July on the snacks you *must* try when you come to Rio. I realize my posts are running from the sublime...
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Leaving Rio: Why I Had to Go
Leaving Rio Now that my time in Rio is coming to an end people are asking me whether I really want to go. “Don’t you want to stay longer? Overstay your visa! You could teach English!” It’s been 2 ½...
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In the Beginning, I am a Tourist
Gateway to the Taj Mahal It was a 23 hour journey from Newark, NJ to Agra, India (13 hour flight, 4 hour wait at the Delhi airport to join my group, agonizingly slow bus ride through the “fog”). Left...
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Flowing with the Kumbha Mela
I always understood that I was coming on a pilgrimage when I signed up to come to the 2013 Kumbha Mela in Allahabad, India. I just didn’t know what part of this trip was going to be pilgrimage. Or...
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Ganga Carnaval: Kumbha Mela by Night
Wrote this way back in February… and then lost access to the Internet for a good long while… Enjoy! The night before the massive influx of pilgrims to the Kumbha Mela, Ali, Stewart, Cathy and I snuck...
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Letter from the Kumbha Mela
Published on Yoga City NYC, February 2013. The Kumbha Mela explained. Thousands and thousands of people crossing makeshift pontoon bridges over the Ganges river became a familiar sight during my 10 day...
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Life in the Straw Village
Basic Luxury in Kajuraho It’s been an interesting process of getting used to living outside in India. The huts are exactly the same “Living” means: sleeping, changing, writing, reading, resting,...
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A Truck, a Dog, and a Couple of Babies
Out the tall picture windows of the Bozeman Public Library (yes, Bozeman not Brooklyn) I can see a cloudy-grey grain elevator, Sky Federal Credit Union, and Main Street. I’m supposed to be working, but...
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