Holistic Traveler
I stepped off the plane in Manila, Philippines with about $40 U.S. to my name. I had just come from living in Australia. After a few months of jobs falling through, financial struggles, and simple bad luck, I had decided to make a hasty exit. I had no plan, no contacts and no idea what I was Read More …
Psychic Connection I was about 6 weeks into my cross country trip, drifting the van I called home from one side of the United States to the other with no particular agenda. I had already come up through Oregon and Washington on the 5, and shot back south on Highway 90 out of Seattle, before Read More …
A Beginner’s Guide to Hitchhiking Internationaly Author: Perry Thompson There’s a certain freedom that comes from standing on the side of the road in an unfamiliar land with your thumb out, waiting for a ride from a stranger. That one lifted finger universally signals that you’ve embarked on a journey that’s consciously open to a Read More …
The Time I Got Taken In Cambodia… It was a hazy day in Phnom Penh, Cambodia’s capital. I stumbled into the brown air and traffic-ridden streets, shielding my eyes as they adjusted to the midday sun after spending the whole morning in my dingy hotel room. I made my way towards Happy Herb Pizza, a little hole in the wall restaurant Read More …
Lady Boy, Shmady Boy I had been bar tending on Koh Chang, Thailand for about a month and a half: long enough for all the locals in Lonely Beach to know me and give me discounts in their shops and restaurants. It’s a part of the island full of young backpackers and beach Read More …
Gone Again: Back on the Road after 12weeks in the Bay Area The 6:00 am flight lifted off the hazy San Bruno runway at SFO, up into the thick moisture of the fog that seems to permanently coat the northern end of the San Francisco Peninsula. I gazed out of the plane window Read More …
A Heroic Dose: The day I died and lived to tell about it. The first time I had ever heard of the heroic dose was on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast. The popular UFC color commentator and comedian was referencing the work of the late Psychonaut and psychedelic enthusiast, Terence McKenna. McKenna believed that if Read More …
Going, To Come Back Part 1: On The Way In less than a week I’ll be returning to the place where I’m from, a place I haven’t visited for nearly 2 years. There’s a lot out there about the “hero’s journey”, leaving the comforts of the places you know and stepping out into the unknown. Read More …
