The guides
Guides, by place
Honest, first-hand guides to the countries I’ve actually wandered — heavy on the places the map warns you about, light on the tourist script.
Pick a region below. Guides marked Read the guide are live; the rest are on the way — I’m writing them fastest for the corners of the world hardest to find good, honest advice about.
Central Asia
Central Asia
Uzbekistan
Silk Road cities, fast trains, and some of the warmest people on earth.
Central Asia
Tajikistan
Guide coming soon
Central Asia
Kazakhstan
Guide coming soon
Afghanistan
The frontier
Afghanistan
The trip people ask about most — an honest, first-hand account of somewhere the map warns you about.
Guide coming soon
The Caucasus
Caucasus
Georgia
Guide coming soon
Caucasus
Armenia
Guide coming soon
Southeast Asia
SE Asia
Thailand
Coming soon
SE Asia
Vietnam
Coming soon
SE Asia
Laos
Coming soon
SE Asia
Cambodia
Coming soon
SE Asia
Malaysia
Coming soon
SE Asia
Indonesia
Coming soon
SE Asia
Philippines
Coming soon
East Asia
East Asia
China
Coming soon
East Asia
Hong Kong
Coming soon
East Asia
Japan
Coming soon
East Asia
South Korea
Coming soon
North America
N. America
Canada
Coming soon
N. America
USA
Coming soon
N. America
Mexico
Coming soon
Europe
Europe
Poland
Coming soon
Europe
Germany
Coming soon
Russia
Eurasia
Russia
Too vast to file under anything else — from the western cities to the long haul east.
Guide coming soon
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Follow a whole trip in the journals
Guides are the reference; the journals are the story — my road trips told one day at a time.
