The Global Slowmad

Darla made it home to Tulsa last night, so we’ve officially moved on to the next phase of this little retirement adventure: the solo travel era.

Over the next two months, Stuart will be moving much more quickly and a little more adventurously. It’s still TBD how much he will be able to post, but it’s likely to be a little less filtered than what you’re used to reading. Fewer pictures. More rants. Same, very limited amount of interesting or useful information. (He won’t have as much down time, so most of the blogging will happen in airports or on planes going forward, which is not as conducive to uploading image files but is way better for capturing travel fails and general crankiness in the heat of the moment.)

Here is the updated itinerary for the rest of the year:

10/8/25 – 10/13/25 – London

10/13/25 – 10/17/25 – Budapest

10/17/25 – 10/18/25 – Athens

10/18/25 – 10/20/25 – Santorini (Hilton/SLH free nights!)

10/20/25 – 10/23/25 – Athens

10/23/25 – 10/27/25 – Tirana

10/27/25 – 10/30/25 – Pristina

10/30/25 – 11/6/25 – Istanbul

11/6/25 – 11/9/25 – Doha

11/9/25 – 11/10/25 – overnight flight (Qatar business class!)

11/10/25 – 11/17/25 – Phuket

11/17/25 – 11/24/25 – Bali

11/24/25 – 11/28/25 – Singapore

11/28/25 – 12/2/25 – Siem Reap

12/2/25 – 12/7/25 – Bangkok

12/7/25 – 12/12/25 – Taipei

12/12/25 – 12/18/25 – Hong Kong

12/18/25 – overnight flight to USA (Cathay Pacific business class!)

If you happen to be in any of these locations or just want to meet up somewhere along the way, let me know. If you’re sad about missing out on photos, the pictures below will remind you why that’s not such a bad outcome. (Someone please buy this man a comb.)

Until next time, sziasztok!