In Which I Make It To Hanoi

The driver who picked me up at the airport spoke no English, so I rode in silence next to him, gazing out from the passenger seat, taking in the tropical urban landscape around me. Hanoi is a fascinating juxtaposition of developing-world decay and modern 21’s century architecture. Some of the buildings are old (but not […]

My Longest Flight Ever

I’m just going to go out on a limb and say this: 16 hour flights are terrible. At best I sleep fitfully on an airplane, waking up at odd intervals checking the clock. On a 16 hour flight, when you open your eyes and look at the clock for the 8th time and find that […]

Butterblogger Says the “C” Word (Not That One)

Greetings, my readers! Yes, I’m back! It’s been almost 5 months since my last post, but finally the time has come for another journey into the little-known (it’s not really unknown). Since I saw you last I successfully made it home from Machu Picchu. That trip ended up incredibly uneventfully. After returning to Cuzco from […]