Featuring Claus Siebeneicher. More about the t-up AI project at bit.ly/3q1TyeR Thumbs-up and a friendly smile from a stranger. The beginning of another travel-story: When I got to a train station, a stranger walked up to me, held out a suitcase, and said, “Welcome.” The reason? “I hate going to Germany,” he said. “I love […]

Featuring Claus Siebeneicher. More about the t-up AI project at bit.ly/3q1TyeR Thumbs-up and a friendly smile from a stranger. The beginning of another travel-story: this time of the North Koreans. In the morning, I awoke to a very pleasant and warm morning, sunny and warm everywhere except in the streets. I was early to the […]

Featuring Claus Siebeneicher. More about the t-up AI project at bit.ly/3q1TyeR Thumbs-up and a friendly smile from a stranger. The beginning of another travel-story: The author in the dark backseat of the rental car was a very small man. He had a long beard and white hair. He was staring at our driver, who was […]

Featuring Claus Siebeneicher. More about the t-up AI project at bit.ly/3q1TyeR Thumbs-up and a friendly smile from a stranger. The beginning of another travel-story: The young man who is leaving from the station just before me asked as he got off the express train to me ‘Will I return in a taxi?’ I said I’d […]

Featuring Claus Siebeneicher. More about the t-up AI project at bit.ly/3q1TyeR Thumbs-up and a friendly smile from a stranger. The beginning of another travel-story: I’d been driving a few hours when I passed the entrance to an off-road vehicle parking lot on the right side of the road. There was a tall sign that said, […]

Featuring Claus Siebeneicher. More about the t-up AI project at bit.ly/3q1TyeR Thumbs-up and a friendly smile from a stranger. The beginning of another travel-story: The day after you come back from Mexico, you’ll see a small town with a small church. In the main street are restaurants that have been serving their business for more […]

Featuring Claus Siebeneicher. More about the t-up AI project at bit.ly/3q1TyeR Thumbs-up and a friendly smile from a stranger. The beginning of another travel-story: a few blocks from my office, I saw two identical people on a bench, sitting in silence while an elderly woman stared into space. She seemed not to have the energy […]

Featuring Claus Siebeneicher. More about the t-up AI project at bit.ly/3q1TyeR Thumbs-up and a friendly smile from a stranger. The beginning of another travel-story: In 2013 I spent a year working for Lonely Planet, running an “inner-office” for books in London. I had always wanted to experience the UK, but the trip was all about […]

Featuring Claus Siebeneicher. More about the t-up AI project at bit.ly/3q1TyeR Thumbs-up and a friendly smile from a stranger. The beginning of another travel-story: a man in the street who seems to remember my name. “Oh… yes..” I reply. “I’m the husband of your hostess.” A small hint of anxiety. I want to go! My […]

Featuring Claus Siebeneicher. More about the t-up AI project at bit.ly/3q1TyeR Thumbs-up and a friendly smile from a stranger. The beginning of another travel-story: ‘I have been told of others like me, traveling to India. Now, in the first quarter of the year, a man who had been born and raised in England called in […]

Featuring Claus Siebeneicher. More about the t-up AI project at bit.ly/3q1TyeR Thumbs-up and a friendly smile from a stranger. The beginning of another travel-story: “Hi my friend!” “Hi,” she said and held out her hand. I’m not normally able to shake hands after I’ve held them for too long, but I didn’t mind. A smile. […]

Featuring Claus Siebeneicher. More about the t-up AI project at bit.ly/3q1TyeR Thumbs-up and a friendly smile from a stranger. The beginning of another travel-story: The best part? For the past few months, it’s been a “Trip to the City of Angels” – that’s the city’s tagline. It’s the second-largest city in California. It’s the county […]

Featuring Claus Siebeneicher. More about the t-up AI project at bit.ly/3q1TyeR Thumbs-up and a friendly smile from a stranger. The beginning of another travel-story: the first time I’d met a Japanese woman I had never met before. When I arrived in Yogyakarta, I thought I’d find a welcoming, energetic young lady with a quick smile […]

Featuring Claus Siebeneicher. More about the t-up AI project at bit.ly/3q1TyeR Thumbs-up and a friendly smile from a stranger. The beginning of another travel-story: a long-anticipated but always memorable experience. By John K. West, Esq. “I’ve been watching your work on the Web for three years now,” said a stranger standing in a New York […]

Featuring Claus Siebeneicher. More about the t-up AI project at bit.ly/3q1TyeR Thumbs-up and a friendly smile from a stranger. The beginning of another travel-story: How one American guy’s adventure from the cold to the rainforest became a full-fledged documentary. The journey took me from rural Virginia to the Amazon Rainforest via Brazil and Peru, with […]

Featuring Claus Siebeneicher. More about the t-up AI project at bit.ly/3q1TyeR Thumbs-up and a friendly smile from a stranger. The beginning of another travel-story: the journey to London and the experience of traveling alone. Saturday, January 16, 2014 London trip I got off the plane in Liverpool in one piece, despite being stuck in a […]

Featuring Claus Siebeneicher. More about the t-up AI project at bit.ly/3q1TyeR Thumbs-up and a friendly smile from a stranger. The beginning of another travel-story: a friend’s trip to Australia, which was a dream come true for them. They had been to New Zealand before, of course — they were born in Honolulu, and it had […]

Featuring Claus Siebeneicher. More about the t-up AI project at bit.ly/3q1TyeR Thumbs-up and a friendly smile from a stranger. The beginning of another travel-story: a quick cruise-boat ride across a sparkling blue lake, a pleasant, uneventful crossing, a quick stop at a friendly tourist information office. We were on a bus headed all the way […]

Featuring Claus Siebeneicher. More about the t-up AI project at bit.ly/3q1TyeR Thumbs-up and a friendly smile from a stranger. The beginning of another travel-story: how four travelers spent a winter in the Philippines in 2009. How to survive Christmas on the road December 2010 travel In December 2009, four travelers came to the Philippines and […]

Featuring Claus Siebeneicher. More about the t-up AI project at bit.ly/3q1TyeR Thumbs-up and a friendly smile from a stranger. The beginning of another travel-story: a week in Mexico, starting with a night in the airport, my flight from San Jose, through the airport to Guadalajara, and the following day and night spent in the bustling […]

Featuring Claus Siebeneicher. More about the t-up AI project at bit.ly/3q1TyeR Thumbs-up and a friendly smile from a stranger. The beginning of another travel-story: first time I tried out the new-to-me Lufthansi Airlines for a few days. I’m on a flight from Delhi, India to Mumbai, India. The first-class seat is hard to find (the […]

Featuring Claus Siebeneicher. More about the t-up AI project at bit.ly/3q1TyeR Thumbs-up and a friendly smile from a stranger. The beginning of another travel-story: to Prague. When we got to Prague we were immediately accosted by people asking us about our plans. We got the most curious look. We looked surprised. Our face flushed. We […]

Featuring Claus Siebeneicher. More about the t-up AI project at bit.ly/3q1TyeR Thumbs-up and a friendly smile from a stranger. The beginning of another travel-story: My wife was driving me to a friend’s house yesterday, and we saw a big, red sign that said “Weebee House & Museum.” The word “weebee” just seemed to stick in […]

Featuring Claus Siebeneicher. More about the t-up AI project at bit.ly/3q1TyeR Thumbs-up and a friendly smile from a stranger. The beginning of another travel-story: A couple of months ago I made the one “right” choice of traveling by public transportation, as per the recommendation of my friends. You can follow that one step further in […]

Featuring Claus Siebeneicher. More about the t-up AI project at bit.ly/3q1TyeR Thumbs-up and a friendly smile from a stranger. The beginning of another travel-story: my first trip to Mexico City and a week in the rainforests of Chiapas and Oaxaca. Chapalero March 11, 2005 at 11:27 am I guess that makes this story even more […]

Featuring Claus Siebeneicher. More about the t-up AI project at bit.ly/3q1TyeR Thumbs-up and a friendly smile from a stranger. The beginning of another travel-story: a trip where I have met some very sweet folks. I’m not very organized when I travel-wise. I keep mostly stuff in my hotel room or in the trunk of my […]

Featuring Claus Siebeneicher. More about the t-up AI project at bit.ly/3q1TyeR Thumbs-up and a friendly smile from a stranger. The beginning of another travel-story: About 15 years ago, on a whim, I met Bill Clinton (then the United States Senator from Arkansas) in a restaurant in Washington DC. That encounter, which I can still remember […]

Featuring Claus Siebeneicher. More about the t-up AI project at bit.ly/3q1TyeR Thumbs-up and a friendly smile from a stranger. The beginning of another travel-story: this time, the last man to ever hold the position of chief administrator of the North American Economic Partnership, from Mexico to Chile to the United States. When the new president […]

Featuring Claus Siebeneicher. More about the t-up AI project at bit.ly/3q1TyeR Thumbs-up and a friendly smile from a stranger. The beginning of another travel-story: a night spent in London with a new group of friends from the States. A few months ago, we arrived in London with our new travel mate and partner, Alex at […]

Featuring Claus Siebeneicher. More about the t-up AI project at bit.ly/3q1TyeR Thumbs-up and a friendly smile from a stranger. The beginning of another travel-story: the discovery and subsequent publication of the first in print book of short stories by my dad (a writer of long fiction and poetry, not writing for the market). That was […]