What an exhausting year it’s been! I’m somewhat relieved it’s over. It was twelve months of travel highs and personal lows. But let’s focus on the 2015 highlights. Wow. Professionally, 2015 was generally a fantastic and fruitful year for this writer-photographer couple, despite some personal challenges and the tragic events around the world, particularly in places … Read more
We’ve been quiet here on Grantourismo these last few months while we’ve been bouncing around Cambodia working on stories. An update from the road, ruins and rice paddies is long overdue, so here goes… One of the biggest challenges with being bloggers as well as professional writers, and Terence a pro photographer, is that the … Read more
“Boat ride, one hour!” “Motorbike!” “Taxi!” “You buy lantern!” “You buy something from me!” “You take picture of me!” “Happy hour!” While these were the phrases shouted at me daily as I wandered the streets for the first few weeks of our time here in charming, laid-back Hoi An in Vietnam, they have recently started … Read more
January 2013 marks the start of our eighth year of continuous travel. It’s a whopping seven whole years to the month that we packed up our Dubai apartment, put everything in storage, and took to the road for what we thought might be a year of travel, bouncing around the planet from one assignment to … Read more
That the classic film stock company Kodak has filed for bankruptcy protection has left me with mixed feelings. While I have no sympathy for businesses that don’t adapt to the times (hi Sony), I do see this as a time to reflect on the twilight of chemical-based film. And it is something that saddens me. … Read more