Los Angeles, CA, USA
VisitedThe long way began here, with a house to pack up, farewells to make, and a westbound plan that was still more idea than reality.
On the Map
The Long Way Map
City Index
Every Tagged City
Every chapter stop and every extra city tag lives here. Click any city to see the permanent location page with every post tied to it.
Chapter Line
Where We Have Been and What Comes Next
The chapter stops sit in travel order below the map, with post links attached whenever a city already has published entries.
Poulsbo, WA, USA
VisitedThis Pacific Northwest chapter gave us family, ferries, weather, and the breathing room to ease into the long way before heading overseas.
Entries (Newest first)
Cebu City, Philippines
VisitedThe oldest city in the Philippines, built around a working port, with four centuries of Spanish, American and Japanese history layered under everyday Visayan life.
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
VisitedA high-rise capital of monsoon afternoons and three culinary traditions, where colonial railway stations, the National Mosque and Merdeka 118 share one skyline.
Entries (Newest first)
Chiang Mai, Thailand
VisitedA northern Thai city built around a moated old town, with hundreds of temples, cooler air than the south, and food drawing on Lanna and Shan traditions.
Entries (Newest first)
Astana, Kazakhstan
VisitedA planned capital on the Kazakh steppe, moved here in 1997, known for wide avenues, ambitious modern architecture and severe continental winters.
EntriesComing soon
Tashkent, Uzbekistan
VisitedThe largest city in Central Asia, rebuilt after the 1966 earthquake into wide Soviet avenues, with Silk Road bazaars above and a mosaic-tiled metro below.
EntriesComing soon
Tbilisi, Georgia
Current BaseThe capital of Georgia, built along a river gorge in the Caucasus, known for its sulphur bathhouses and the hillside fortress above its old town.
EntriesComing soon