“Why are you here?” We should be used to this question— it’s the sticky existential query that pops up regularly since coronavirus has put us all at a standstill. Uncertainty is high. The search for purpose plagues me daily. What is it all for? However, this time it wasn’t me, but a particularly perplexed British…
Dear Cambodia – Thank You and Goodbye
Dear Cambodia, It is with tears in my eyes and tightness in my heart that I write to you today to say thank you and goodbye. In the most uncertain of times, you sheltered us. After a year of moving from place to place, two nights here, three nights there, you gave us the feeling…
Vietnam Travelogue – Week Two
Below is a recounting—with recommendations and admonishments—of our second week in Vietnam. It is perhaps a bit long, but rolling into our third month of Covid-19 cease travel orders, we seem to have plenty of time on our hands and are starting to go a bit mad. We’re hoping that you are in the same…
Traveling Through a Coronavirus Landscape – Situation Fluid
Situation fluid. On the Floor of an Airport March 19, 2020 We’re sitting on the floor of an airport; it’s mostly empty. We’re not in a hurry, because we’re not going anywhere. We had been in a hurry, just minutes ago. That was back when we thought we might be going somewhere. Our laptop and…
Beyond Our Walls and Beyond COVID-19
We used to travel around the world—we used to be five of many hundreds of thousands of travelers. Now, in the coronavirus epoch, none of us are going anywhere. Here in Siem Reap, Cambodia, the Santillo’s are in a holding pattern. We are waiting for the world to be well and safe again. We are…