MalDIVES All Day

MalDIVES All Day

Greetings from perhaps the most pretentious country one can visit: the Maldives - the land of picture perfect islands, celebrity escapes, luxury resorts, and two Americans trying to dive on the cheap. Fighting our way through the crowd of trust fund babies and Jimmy Choo stilettos, we picked up the only non-Gucci luggage off the [...]

The Regrettable Death of the Passport Stamp

The Regrettable Death of the Passport Stamp

Guest post by Patrick: I try not to collect material things.  In a few ways I’ve failed.  Sharks teeth, yes.  Camera lenses, double yes.  But otherwise, I really try not to.  The ideal version of myself avoids the mass-consumerism that defined the 90’s and eventually caused the housing crisis. I don’t always live up to that [...]