Blog
My Norwegian-Vietnamese-Cambodian Christmas
Frogs in tamarind sauce, mystery ooze in the bathtub, and a song lost horribly in translation.
Refocusing for 2016: Living in Vietnam’s Low-Cost Economy
Living in Saigon is cheap. I'm passing my savings onto my writing students!
How Facebook is Ruining Solo Travel
Are you shutting yourself off from the world? Don't let social media make you anti-social.
How to Disarm Your Inner Writing Bully
When you write, do you say mean things to yourself about your writing that you'd never say to anyone else?
The Psychology of Writing 1: Overcome Writer’s Block and Write With Confidence
Dave's new online workshop explores the psychology of writing and how to be a happier, more productive writer.
Travel Coaching Video: Travel Safely and Avoid Scams in Bangkok
Eavesdrop on Dave's travel coaching session: How to get around, avoid rip-offs, and have fun in Thailand's capital.
Infiltrating the Beautiful People
A travel-humor flashback from 2002: Dave goes undercover in France to judge the judgmental.
She Smoked Parliaments
Guest Globejotter Deborah Burghardt shares a personal memoir about cigarettes, disabilities, and glamour in the 1950s.
Vietnam Video Diaries: Vietnamese Money
So you want to be a millionaire? (Dave gets back to his "one-take" YouTube ranting and comes close to breaking stuff.)
Living on Vietnam Time
As a teenager, my greatest fear was being sent to Vietnam. Now I am moving there, and I'm thrilled.
