Notes from the 'Nog

    Thanks to The Japan Times for publishing my latest, recounting a recent trip to Yonaguni...     https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2026/0...

  Trains heading out of major cities never show that city's best face. This train out of Cairo was no exception, paralleling a rubbish-s...

  The Corniche of Alexandria reminds one of seafront Havana, all those crumbling, weathered facades of past glory.  This must have been a be...

    Jetting in through the dust, which I first take to be a sand storm, until realizing that it's Cairo smog.  Whatever the case, it rob...

  "In my experience, those relying on God's intervention, soon find themselves joining him."   On the turntable:  The Thompson...

    My latest for The Japan Times...   https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2026/01/17/travel/obama-kyoto-travel-history-saba-kaido/ On the tur...

  A week on the Kumano Kodo Iseji, broken into four parts. Over at Heartland... https://heartlandjapan.com/%e3%80%90vol-1%e3%80%91explore-k...