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How cultural travel taught me to be grateful: Ten days to remember

In 2022, I traveled to 95 cities in eight countries for a total of 198 days abroad.

When I reflected on my top 2022 travel experiences, I came up with three (let’s call them ) “events” almost immediately: my first trip to Ireland which became a trip home. Dubai Expo 2020, a global village and a vision of the future. Setouchi Triennale in Japan’s magical Seto Sea.

TRAVEL BRILLIANTLY: the practical & philosophical for unhurried, informed travelers.

“Our world is filled with amazing museums, monuments, temples, restaurants, national parks, theaters, and other wonders. My site aims to provide the practical and the theoretical information and advice you need to plan and enrich your next travel adventure”.

Home on your hips: A backpack for the unhurried traveler

“the design of the Tortuga has caused me to think of one section the main compartment as my bedroom, another as my bathroom, a long back pocket as my office — a feature I discovered only after being on a trip for a month.”

How to travel brilliantly: Develop these five senses

I use brilliant to refer to a style of travel in the sense that a jeweller uses it to describe a gem. A gem is a precious stone cut to reveal both the beauty inside as well as to refract the light around it. Travel takes the rough gem that is each of us in our everyday, location-bound lives and fashions us into something brilliant. Brilliant travel is journeying with imagination, humility, and humor. It is carrying a sense of history and common humanity to distant places.