In rural Iowa Julianne Mason said something I never expected to hear from her. She said, “Luke, I need you and Hek to dig a grave for Tom so that we can burn him in it.” Granted, she was filming a music video, and Tom was still alive enough afterwards to play our first…
Today, we took to the road. Last night at The Legion Bar in Williamsburg was an excellent way to close off a merry week in New York. A receptive crowd, a crowd of friends of the various acts, was there to do what concert goers want to do—have fun, bop to music, drink, laugh, let lyrics…
See animals, and watch as lions stalk your vehicleAuto Safari Chapin is an animal park located on the CA-2 highway, near Escuintla, Guatemala. It opened in 1980 and recreates an African safari experience. Their mission is to preserve local fauna and educate the population about the importance of conservation. The park currently contains 96 species…
Work abroad to extend your trip indefinitely Travelers Search for Traveling Jobs Each month about 8,100 travelers search Google for “traveling jobs.” They are searching for a way to balance their wanderlust with work abroad that will finance their globetrotting. Each month, 8,100 travelers look for work abroad, dreaming of getting paid to travel. Imagine…
I reminded myself to be present in a moment firstly, and to film a moment secondly. I was not here to write a story about Ometepe, I was writing a story about Ometepe because I was here. Biking on The Island of Ometepe: Crappy Bikes + Crappy Roads = Flight The Island of Ometepe in Nicaragua was…
“A guy like you needs a beard then, to protect yourself from the cold,” he said, and in that moment we became best friends. A Day in Granada Nicaragua “We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us” was written like a lonely commandment above my bed at The Backyard Hostel…
Vote for your favorite Ray Conway Meme! Men, do we grow beards to travel or do we travel to grow beards? Women, is a man without a beard truly a man? They say a man with a beard never sleeps alone. If this is true, then photographer Ray Conway never wakes up alone. Due to…
Traveling With Children: The Diaper Diaries You hear it often enough, biguns encouraging littluns: “Travel while you’re still young! Travel before you get locked into marriage and out of the world. Travel before you are a slave to a mortgage. Traveling with children is like traveling with an alcoholic and incontinent puppy, so travel before you…
But in the past year, a whispering prod from somewhere deep and honest has been asking me to take stock of who I really am and what I really want from—you know—life. While infatuation can rumble in like a like an elephant in steel boots playing Dance Dance Revolution, romance has a much coyer way…
There are moments in the playing of music when melodies mix with blurred meanings and seem to extend beyond you and your guitar. There are people you meet in offbeat places that create not just lasting friendships, but enduring, revelation strewn growth. In my experience these people drink Cuba libres and even after four nights…
