Travels by Tim

“Sharing is Caring”

travelsbytim — Sun, 15 Aug 2021 18:39:39 +0000

Traveling in Ecuador Again by Tim Ghazzawi: Last year, I spent at least 576 hours teaching to computer screens. September through March. 80 minutes per class. 3 classes a day. 4 days a week. 576 total hours. All from my dining room table. The outside world wasn’t much fun either. […]

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“Bus Friends and Enemies”

travelsbytim — Mon, 13 Jul 2020 22:13:05 +0000

Journeys to and from Medellín, Colombia by Diego Santos: Last year I traveled to Colombia. To get there I took a plane to Cartagena and from there another plane to Medellín. Usually I carry important things with me on the plane but the airline I was flying with didn’t allow […]

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“Punctuation”

travelsbytim — Wed, 03 Jun 2020 03:21:46 +0000

A Note to My White Family and Friends by Tim Ghazzawi: As an English teacher, I know a thing or two about punctuation. Periods and commas, dashes and parentheses, semicolons and quotation marks. We use these things for different reasons, but mostly to give closure to our ideas and make […]

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“Piranhas for Dinner”

travelsbytim — Wed, 13 May 2020 00:19:40 +0000

Wildlife Exploration in the Bolivian Pampas by Sarah Bronson: Millie and I first met when we were au pairs in Igualada, a small town outside of Barcelona, Spain. We became instant friends and would often spend the weekends dancing until the sun came up and then laying on the beach […]

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“Don’t Drink and Climb”

travelsbytim — Wed, 29 Apr 2020 03:34:55 +0000

A Journey on the Salkantay Trek to Machu Picchu by Theo Markopouliotis: “The first two days will be the hardest,” Virgilio said. Virgilio, our guide, had been leading this trek for more than a decade, helping newlyweds, families, and friends fulfill their lifelong dreams of hiking to Machu Picchu, often […]

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“dontworrybehappy”

travelsbytim — Tue, 21 Apr 2020 15:23:49 +0000

WiFi Passwords of the World by Tim Ghazzawi: I collected 77 different WiFi passwords over the course of my recent travels. Passwords from hostels, hotels, restaurants, cafés, airport lounges, and bus stations that span five different continents and eight months of time. I don’t remember why I began to save […]

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“The Tiny Line”

travelsbytim — Fri, 10 Apr 2020 13:28:29 +0000

My Journey Back to the United States by Tim Ghazzawi: I smiled and said, “Good afternoon,” though I didn’t expect or even want the same in return. All I hoped for was to pass as normal and ordinary and problem-free. I wanted to seem boring but not strange. Nice but […]

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“Grains of Sand”

travelsbytim — Sun, 29 Mar 2020 16:42:29 +0000

A Quiet Return to Cairo, Egypt by Tim Ghazzawi: I wrote a story a while ago called “Hieroglyphics”. In that story, I ramble on and on about the series of childhood memories I have of living in Egypt, memories that for 20 years made me wonder what it would be […]

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“Dead and Red”

travelsbytim — Wed, 18 Mar 2020 12:25:32 +0000

Sea-Swimming in Jordan and Egypt by Tim Ghazzawi: People in Jordan don’t call it Israel. To them, that place is Palestine. Technically, I was standing on Jordan’s shores, though as I looked across the Dead Sea, the hilltops on the other side seemed to rise and fall about the same. […]

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“Lava and Ice”

travelsbytim — Sat, 07 Mar 2020 19:42:12 +0000

Snowboarding on Mt. Erciyes in Cappadocia, Turkey by Tim Ghazzawi: When people ask me if I snowboard, my answer is never straightforward. It usually goes something like: “Well, I’ve been on a board before…” and the confidence in my voice melts away like winter. For years I’ve enjoyed the occasional […]

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