Lufthansa was flying a larger than normal aircraft on the Munich to Cairo route this morning, February 1, 2011. Still, there weren’t many people — maybe 30? — sitting at the gate for flight 586 when it came time to board. The small group consisted of prominent journalists (Katie Couric and David Muir), tight-budgeted freelancers (e.g., Joel […]
Five Girls I Fell In Love With In 2017
In 2009, Maya Angelou published a book of essays called Letter to My Daughter. She never had a daughter though. What she did have — and hence the title of the book — was a strong sense of extended family, of feeling a personal connection with all around her. I relate to that. Not having […]
Thoughts On “Coming Full Circle” From The Edge Of Indonesia
There are places on a map — and which have parallels within oneself — that feel like a closed door, or a hard line. Lines before which you stop, perhaps for days on end, not knowing entirely what to do. You feel foreign, even to yourself. You look back, retracing how you got to this point. […]
20 Photos: A 72-Hour Layover In Doha, Qatar
One of the best routes I’ve ever flown was on Qatar Airways, traveling from Los Angeles to Doha. It was a 15.5-hour flight, and earlier this year I posted a photo essay of the journey. From Doha I would continue on to Bali. First, however, I wanted to see a little of Qatar, this small Persian Gulf […]
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