Earlier Posts
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March 27, 2026 in Vietnam //
Vietnam For Our First Trip Of 2026
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March 14, 2026 in China //
Five Nights Of Walls, Balls, And Doorless Stalls In Beijing
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January 15, 2026 in Italy //
Battling The Tour Groups In Florence And Venice
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December 11, 2025 in Argentina //
Winding Down In Mendoza
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November 25, 2025 in Chile //
Finding Pumas Is Tiring Work!
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October 27, 2025 in Chile //
Two Nights In Santiago Before Our Chilean Trek Begins
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October 2, 2025 in France //
Paris Has Changed A Lot And In A Good Way!
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September 17, 2025 in Singapore //
Custom Beers And An Actual Cheese-Cake
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August 29, 2025 in England //
London And Morocco In The Stifling Heat
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August 12, 2025 in Nepal //
A Conference And Climbing In Kathmandu
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July 30, 2025 in Travel //
Our Silk Road Train Journey, Pt. 7: Wrapping Up Our Trip In Khiva And Tashkent, Uzbekistan
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July 16, 2025 in Travel //
Our Silk Road Train Journey, Pt. 6: Returning To Uzbekistan
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July 3, 2025 in Tajikistan //
Our Silk Road Train Journey, Pt. 5: From Uzbekistan To Tajikistan
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June 13, 2025 in Uzbekistan //
Our Silk Road Train Journey, Pt. 4: Entering Uzbekistan For The First Time
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May 26, 2025 in Kyrgyzstan //
Our Silk Road Train Journey, Pt. 3: Welcome to Kyrgyzstan
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May 16, 2025 in Kazakhstan //
Our Silk Road Train Journey, Pt. 2: Let The Official Tour Begin!
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May 7, 2025 in Kazakhstan //
Our Silk Road Train Journey, Pt. 1: Beginning Alone In Almaty, Kazakhstan
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April 1, 2025 in Laos //
Back Volunteering In Laos Again
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March 2, 2025 in Singapore //
My Most Humiliating Airport Moment Happened Recently
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February 27, 2025 in Germany //
Monster Magnet Live In Germany
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January 21, 2025 in Maldives //
Four Nights In Paradise (And An Average One In The City)
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January 15, 2025 in Spain //
Hopping Around Spain Again
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November 28, 2024 in Mexico //
Doing Mexico Properly, Pt. 2: Mexico City
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October 29, 2024 in Mexico //
Doing Mexico Properly, Pt. 1: San Miguel de Allende and Guanajuato
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October 19, 2024 in Singapore //
Tim And Anna’s Bogus Wedding Adventure
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October 8, 2024 in Travel //
On Safari Again, Pt. 3: Gorillas in Tim’s Mist
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September 13, 2024 in Kenya //
On Safari Again, Pt. 2: Lewa Conservancy and Masai Mara, Kenya
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September 2, 2024 in Kenya //
On Safari Again, Pt. 1: Nairobi And Exploring Amboseli National Park, Kenya
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July 26, 2024 in Germany //
Not Quite The Trip We Had Planned, Part 4: Berlin, Frankfurt, And Geneva
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July 10, 2024 in Poland //
Not Quite The Trip We Had Planned, Part 3: Auschwitz
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July 3, 2024 in Poland //
Not Quite The Trip We Had Planned, Part 2: Kraków, Poland
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June 6, 2024 in Poland //
Not Quite The Trip We Had Planned, Part 1: Warsaw, Poland
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April 26, 2024 in Japan //
Five Cities In Three Countries Over 16 Days, Part 4: Sapporo And Back To Tokyo, Japan
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April 23, 2024 in Japan //
Five Cities In Three Countries Over 16 Days, Part 3: Tokyo And Hakodate, Japan
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April 18, 2024 in Laos //
Five Cities In Three Countries Over 16 Days, Part 2: Vientiane, Laos
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April 9, 2024 in India //
Five Cities In Three Countries Over 16 Days, Part 1: Kolkata, India
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February 27, 2024 in Australia //
Strange And Bizarre Dishes We’ve Eaten Around The World
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February 17, 2024 in Thailand //
Flashback: Anna’s Annual Birthday Getaway, June 2023; Chiang Mai
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January 5, 2024 in Oman //
Mosques, Forts, And Cave Diving In Oman
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December 12, 2023 in Netherlands //
Lisbon Or Amsterdam?: The Battle For The Top Spot, Pt.2
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November 16, 2023 in Portugal //
Lisbon Or Amsterdam?: The Battle For The Top Spot, Pt. 1
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September 25, 2023 in Norway //
Long Man In The Arctic, Pt. 2: Cruising Around The North Pole
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August 17, 2023 in Norway //
Long Man In The Arctic, Pt. 1: Longyearbyen
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May 31, 2023 in Travel //
San Francisco And New Orleans, Pt. 2: Ween And Haight-Ashbury
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May 26, 2023 in Travel //
San Francisco And New Orleans, Pt. 1: Alcatraz And Jazz
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April 17, 2023 in USA //
Florida Man!
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March 29, 2023 in Cuba //
The Nightmare Of Travel From Cuba To The USA For Foreigners
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February 22, 2023 in Egypt //
Desert Sessions Volume III: Death On The Nile
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January 25, 2023 in Egypt //
Desert Sessions Volume II: Cairo
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January 8, 2023 in Jordan //
Desert Sessions Volume I: Jordan
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November 2, 2022 in Germany //
Bogfraus From Bavaria To Berlin
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September 9, 2022 in Botswana //
Africa, At Last!, Pt. 3: Wrapping Up Our Safari And Back To Cape Town
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August 12, 2022 in Botswana //
Africa, At Last!, Pt. 2: Zimbabwe And Botswana (Plus A Little Zambia And Namibia)
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July 26, 2022 in South Africa //
Africa, At Last!, Pt. 1: Cape Town, South Africa
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May 27, 2022 in Philippines //
Encountering All Kinds Of Creatures In The Philippines
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April 29, 2022 in Cambodia //
Unintentionally Partying For Three Straight Nights In Cambodia
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March 4, 2022 in France //
On The Road Again At Last!, Pt. 4; Annecy, France And Then Back To Zürich, Switzerland
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February 17, 2022 in France //
On The Road Again At Last!, Pt. 3; Nice and Aix-en-Provence, France
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February 8, 2022 in Singapore //
Doug: The First 100 Days
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January 26, 2022 in France //
On The Road Again At Last!, Pt. 2; Lyon, France
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January 17, 2022 in Switzerland //
On The Road Again At Last!, Pt. 1; Switzerland
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November 17, 2021 in Singapore //
The Hell That We Experienced Throughout Real Estate Processes In Singapore — Approvals, Renting, Renovating, And Moving
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July 26, 2021 in Singapore //
On A Dog Cruise Again
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May 20, 2021 in Singapore //
Cruising With Some Dogs On An Albatross
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May 6, 2021 in Singapore //
Dining In The Dark
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February 9, 2021 in Belgium //
The Dark Tourist
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November 6, 2020 in Singapore //
Tiong Bahru — Then And Now
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August 27, 2020 in Singapore //
The Hell That We Experienced Throughout Real Estate Processes In Singapore — Buying
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July 14, 2020 in Singapore //
Eating Some Interesting Stuff For Anna’s 40th Birthday
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May 21, 2020 in Singapore //
The Hell That We Experienced Throughout Real Estate Processes In Singapore — Selling
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April 17, 2020 in Singapore //
A First-Person Look At How Singapore Is Handling The Coronavirus Pandemic
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March 18, 2020 in Travel //
A Tale Of Two Californias, Pt. 2; California, USA
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March 4, 2020 in Mexico //
A Tale Of Two Californias, Pt. 1; Baja California, Mexico
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January 30, 2020 in Australia //
Cruising To New Caledonia
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January 3, 2020 in Singapore //
An Inauspicious Beginning To The New Decade
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December 14, 2019 in Singapore //
Acting Like We’re Teenagers Again To See Dylan Moran
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November 19, 2019 in Israel //
Adventures In The Holy Land, Pt. 2; Cities, Seas, And Sacred Sites
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November 11, 2019 in Israel //
Adventures In The Holy Land, Pt. 1; Tel Aviv
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October 30, 2019 in South Korea //
Getting Stuck In Traffic And Lost In Seoul
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October 16, 2019 in France //
A Journey Of Epic Proportions, Pt. 3; Colmar And The Return To Paris
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October 2, 2019 in Canada //
A Journey Of Epic Proportions, Pt. 2; Vancouver
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September 20, 2019 in France //
A Journey Of Epic Proportions, Pt. 1; Paris
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August 22, 2019 in Taiwan //
A Four-Day Weekend In Taipei
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August 8, 2019 in Travel //
In Search Of Big Furry Things — Cowboy Country, Pt. 3
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August 1, 2019 in Travel //
Grand Teton And Yellowstone — Cowboy Country, Pt. 2
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July 25, 2019 in Travel //
“Don’t Squat With Your Spurs On” — Cowboy Country, Pt. 1
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May 24, 2019 in Guatemala //
Central America, pt. 4: Volunteering in the Murder Capital of the World
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May 3, 2019 in Australia //
Our Kind-of-Annual Australia Trip, 2019
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March 20, 2019 in Thailand //
Bangkok… Again!
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February 20, 2019 in Sri Lanka //
Chinese New Year in Sri Lanka, pt.2: From the Beach Back to the City
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February 13, 2019 in Sri Lanka //
Chinese New Year in Sri Lanka, pt.1: Colombo to Galle
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January 31, 2019 in Singapore //
Here’s Why I’ll be Wearing Sunglasses for a While
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January 24, 2019 in Indonesia //
“A Pint, a Rosé, a Gin and Coke, and a Sprite, Thanks”
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January 2, 2019 in South Korea //
Mariah Carey’s Christmas Album is the Bane of my Existence
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December 4, 2018 in Türkiye/Turkey //
Climbing, Caving, and Canceled Ballooning in Turkey, pt. 3: Izmir Province
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November 15, 2018 in Türkiye/Turkey //
Climbing, Caving, and Canceled Ballooning in Turkey, pt. 2: Cappadocia
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October 29, 2018 in Türkiye/Turkey //
Climbing, Caving, and Canceled Ballooning in Turkey, pt. 1: Istanbul
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October 16, 2018 in Austria //
Back in the Land of Beer and Schnitzel
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October 4, 2018 in China //
Hanging Out In Hangzhou
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September 11, 2018 in Singapore //
Embarking on my 40th Lap of the Sun
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August 27, 2018 in Travel //
Tales I’ve Forgotten to Tell, pt. 1: NYE in Vietnam, 2014-15
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July 10, 2018 in Thailand //
Unwinding In Chiang Mai
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May 28, 2018 in Japan //
Spending A Couple Of Nights In Tokyo
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May 15, 2018 in Hawaii //
“Can I Pat Your Turtle?”
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May 9, 2018 in Australia //
A Week Back In Melbourne For The Dean Ween Group And Primus
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March 14, 2018 in Ecuador //
Ecuador, Pt. 2: The Galápagos Islands
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March 5, 2018 in Ecuador //
Ecuador, Pt. 1: Planes, Trains, And Automobiles
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January 31, 2018 in Thailand //
Sredej And Noelle Get Hitched In Bangkok
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January 20, 2018 in Singapore //
Another Edition Of Owen’s Annual Asia Trip
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December 29, 2017 in Italy //
Want To Gain Weight Rapidly? Visit Rome!
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October 25, 2017 in Australia //
I Think I May Rapidly Be Turning Into Larry David As I Get Older
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October 17, 2017 in Thailand //
A Stormy Couple Of Days In Phuket
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October 3, 2017 in Spain //
Traveling To Spain In The Wake Of A Tragedy, Pt. 2: Peñíscola And Barcelona
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September 18, 2017 in Spain //
Traveling To Spain In The Wake Of A Tragedy, Pt. 1: Sitges And Valencia
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August 21, 2017 in Laos //
Taking A Friend Around Southeast Asia
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July 11, 2017 in Hungary //
Traveling In Opulence – The Reverse ‘T’ Factor, Pt. 2: Budapest
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July 7, 2017 in Netherlands //
Traveling In Opulence – The Reverse ‘T’ Factor, Pt. 1: Amsterdam And The Hague
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May 27, 2017 in Philippines //
Chillin’ In Manila
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May 5, 2017 in Australia //
Kermit: The First 100 Days
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April 5, 2017 in Brazil //
South America, Pt. 5: The Scam
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February 12, 2017 in Denmark //
Getting Hygge Wit’ It.
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January 24, 2017 in Malaysia //
Eating And Drinking In Kuala Lumpur With My Mate
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December 14, 2016 in Thailand //
CSI: Yew Nork
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November 16, 2016 in Brazil //
South America, Pt. 4: Rio de Janeiro.
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November 9, 2016 in Myanmar //
Back in Yangon — Returning To The Scene Of The “Burmese Bed-Bath.”
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September 16, 2016 in USA //
Hunter S. Thompson On The Terrorist Attacks Of September 11, 2001.
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August 16, 2016 in Brazil //
South America, Pt. 3: The Two-Caipirinha Screamer
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July 4, 2016 in Peru //
South America, Pt. 2: Human Skulls And Machu Picchu
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July 4, 2016 in Peru //
South America, Pt. 1: The Sasquatch Of Peru
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June 13, 2016 in Travel //
Only One Month Left In The US And It Can’t Go Fast Enough
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June 6, 2016 in Travel //
Our Last Show In New York
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May 26, 2016 in England //
Eels, Heels, And Liquid Meals
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May 15, 2016 in Travel //
A Week With The Freaks, Pt. 2: Portland
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May 10, 2016 in Travel //
A Week With The Freaks, Pt. 1: Seattle
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April 24, 2016 in Travel //
A Whole Bunch Of Concerts And The Passing Of Music Royalty
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April 6, 2016 in Travel //
An Interesting Weekend Away In Washington DC And Baltimore.
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March 28, 2016 in Travel //
An Evening With Noel Fielding.
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March 15, 2016 in Travel //
Fightball NYC 03 And March Madness
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February 25, 2016 in Travel //
We Went To A Raymond Pettibon Exhibition At The Weekend.
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February 15, 2016 in Travel //
I Finally Got To See Ween Play Live. I Can Now Die A Happy Man.
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January 27, 2016 in Travel //
The Blizzard: The ‘T’ Factor, Pt. 4
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January 25, 2016 in South Korea //
Flashback To 2007: A Weekend With Friends In Seoul
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January 17, 2016 in Guatemala //
Central America, Pt. 3: Our First Visit To Mayan Ruins
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January 10, 2016 in Guatemala //
Central America, Pt. 2: “Hey! Let’s Go Climb An Active Volcano!”
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January 6, 2016 in Guatemala //
Central America, Pt. 1: Christmas In Guatemala.
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December 17, 2015 in Travel //
A Morning Spent In A New York City Temp Agency And More!
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December 14, 2015 in Malaysia //
On The Twelfth Day Of Christmas My True Love Gave To Me… El Niño!
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December 2, 2015 in Australia //
References To “Tim” And “Abel” I’ve Encountered So Far Around The World.
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November 28, 2015 in Travel //
We Just Sat Front Row At “The Book Of Mormon”
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November 25, 2015 in Travel //
California, Über Alles!*
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November 23, 2015 in Travel //
A Savage Journey To The Heart Of The American Dream, Pt. 2: Winding Down In Vegas
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November 14, 2015 in Travel //
A Savage Journey To The Heart Of The American Dream, Pt. 1: Arriving In Las Vegas
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November 10, 2015 in Travel //
Eat. Drink. Shop.
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November 4, 2015 in Travel //
Thank God Halloween Is Over!
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October 30, 2015 in Travel //
Chicago Bulls vs. Brooklyn Nets
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October 21, 2015 in Travel //
Cheesesteaks And 76ers: Four Days In Philadelphia
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October 12, 2015 in Travel //
Dwarves Get Really Drunk Really Quickly!
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October 6, 2015 in Travel //
So Many Questions, So Few Answers, Pt. 2
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October 3, 2015 in Travel //
Watching The AFL Grand Final In New York
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September 29, 2015 in Travel //
My First Two Days As A Volunteer In A New York City Thrift Store
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September 24, 2015 in Travel //
A Good Week Spent With Good Friends.
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September 19, 2015 in Travel //
Oops, I Accidentally Went To A Rancid Gig
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September 17, 2015 in Travel //
“You Are NOT The Father!”
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September 13, 2015 in Travel //
It Took Two And A Half Months, But It Finally Happened…
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September 8, 2015 in Travel //
A Weekend In Beantown
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August 31, 2015 in Travel //
Tim’s 12th Annual 25th Birthday.
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August 26, 2015 in Travel //
Could America Really Be Trumped?
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August 24, 2015 in Travel //
Tim Goes To A Taping Of ‘Last Week Tonight With John Oliver’
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August 20, 2015 in Travel //
Just Getting To The Gym Is A Workout!
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August 14, 2015 in Travel //
Take Me Out To The Ball Game
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August 11, 2015 in Travel //
What A Day.
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August 3, 2015 in Travel //
So Many Questions, So Few Answers…
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July 28, 2015 in Travel //
8 things I Learnt While Getting An Apartment In New York City.
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July 24, 2015 in Travel //
Tim Gets Burnt By A Scalper: The ‘T’ Factor, Pt. 3.
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July 20, 2015 in Travel //
The United States Of Paranoia And Bureaucracy
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July 14, 2015 in Travel //
New York: An Assault On The Senses.
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July 13, 2015 in Travel //
“Where’s Yo’ Hair Grease At?!?”
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July 10, 2015 in Travel //
CBGB RIP
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July 7, 2015 in Australia //
Maccin’ Across The McGlobe: McDonald’s McSpecialties I’ve McTried In Other McCountries.
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July 6, 2015 in Travel //
Freedom Isn’t Free…
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July 2, 2015 in Travel //
Wouldn’t It Be Nice If The World Were Metric?
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July 1, 2015 in Singapore //
Coming to America
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June 23, 2015 in Germany //
Airports Suck (Flying Does, Too)!
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June 17, 2015 in Germany //
Auf Wiedersehen, Pet…
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June 15, 2015 in Germany //
A Final Weekend Away In Berlin
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June 9, 2015 in Germany //
Limping Around Germany And The Netherlands Again.
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June 5, 2015 in Germany //
It’s A Long Way To The Top To Check Out Some Ancient Castles…
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June 2, 2015 in Germany //
A Cruise Up The Rhine And An Appointment With The U.S. Embassy.
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May 29, 2015 in Austria //
If Only I Had Started This Blog 10 Years Ago…
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May 28, 2015 in Germany //
Asparagus: A Prince Amongst Vegetables
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May 27, 2015 in Netherlands //
Back In The Netherlands
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May 19, 2015 in Czech Republic //
Czech Your Head!
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May 11, 2015 in Belgium //
The Adventures Of Timtim, Pt. 2: Return To Germany.
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May 9, 2015 in Belgium //
The Adventures Of Timtim, Pt. 1: Timtim in Brussels
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April 30, 2015 in Germany //
One Month In Bonn And The World’s Your Oyster.
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April 27, 2015 in Germany //
Rainy Days And Mondays…
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April 24, 2015 in Australia //
Health, Fitness, Basketball And A Conundrum
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April 20, 2015 in Netherlands //
Going Dutch
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April 14, 2015 in Germany //
Monday, 13th: The ‘T’ Factor, Pt. 2
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April 13, 2015 in Germany //
Die Wirklichen Hausmänner Von Singapur
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