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I had originally planned this post as a quiet reflection of a trip finished and a journey to come, a peek into the mind of this scared but determined wanderer staring awkwardly at a blank sheet. But I couldn’t let my road trip stories end without at least giving an aside to my favourite stop of the…

I’m trying to recollect the past week – three major US cities and almost 3000 miles – but the cheesesteak in my stomach would love a siesta right now. The last few days have been as delicious as that sandwich, but the aftermath just as tiring, my brain a garbled mess of alcohol and meat,…

The drive. For many, a miserable and taxing transition from journey’s start to end. A grueling, arduous task whose only redemption is found in the destination. But I love it. Yes, I struggle with this overweight, underpowered, green hatchback, with its anachronistic third pedal, climbing mountains through nothing but sheer will. Even so, get an open road in…

I finally felt myself lifted definitively away on the winds of adventure towards worlds I envisaged would be stranger than they were, into situations I imaged would be much more normal than they turned out to be. One final gasp of this San Francisco cafe, a mainstay of the last few months while preparing for…