Current status (December-January 2025): Roaming about Eastern Europe. Eclectic person. I've had some pretty wild and wonderful adventures throughout a whole bunch of chapters, and am seeking more. Done my fair share of hitch-hiking and stealth camping and gotta admit, that's still my preferred mode of travel (though age is making me lazier). I also like to sneak bits of journalism into my journeys. Case in point: would rather spend the day interviewing Kashmiri shepherds than relaxing on a beach or traipsing through museums (unless they are art museums, of which I am a huge fan). Happy atop a horse, skis, or a bike. Enjoy strange films, good books, and sunrises. Music is important. I like to travel alone, collecting kindred spirits along the way. I get way more joy from small surprise discoveries than major attractions. Minimum social media! Very frugal! Love 'strange' foods. Curious about people and all the myriad ways there are to live well out there. Feel obliged to add: I ain't no hippy.