The popular book (and later movie) "The Beach" describes Bangkok's Khao San Road as "the centre of the backpacking universe."

One of our LongJaunters was dealing with stomach issues and a high fever we feared might be a recurrence of malaria. The other ...

The Grand Palace and Wat Phra Kaew attract huge crowds. It was not hard to see why the complex remains the spiritual heart of the Thai ...

Riding the public transit in each town we visit is often one of the most telling experiences we have. Mumbai's trains are a reflection...

A nice, thick pile of mail welcomed us home.

Today we got out of the city for some fresh air in the countryside. After a train ride and an hour walk through rolling hills, we made...

Spicy like it’s namesake, salsa dancing features fast feet, gyrating hips and a hypnotic beat that spurred even these two less-than-gra...

Departing Udaipur early, we set out on a full day of travel through the heart of Rajasthan to "The Blue City" Jodhpur. For a bargain ...

Just an hour speed boat ride across from Buenos Aires, we take a jaunt to lazy (in a good way) town of Colonia, Uruguay.

Today we spent the day just outside the city of Hamburg at a former concentration camp from World War II that has been converted into a...

Care to dance? We hit up a milonga (dance parlor) where late owls dance the tango until three in the morning.

A mental tease really, we head to the States for a weekend to see family and head home for the first time in two and a half months.

After getting just a taste of paradise on Isla Ometepe, we started the long trip south to San Jose, Costa Rica.

We bid farewell to Brazil and head back to New York City.

Even though they drive on the "wrong" side of the road in Thailand, we were really excited to rent mopeds for a day to explore Doi Suth...