Amsterdam prostitutes do not like to have their pictures taken. [See the full “What I’ve Learned” list here. Start at the bottom and read up.]

Immigration officials at Heathrow Airport do not like to hear the words “Well, technically I’m homeless.” [See the full “What I’ve Learned” list here. Start at the bottom and read up.]

In 2003 I started to keep a list on my travelogue of the accumulated, hard-won kernels of knowledge that I’d collected while on the road. I abandoned the list in 2004 for reasons that I don’t immediately recall, but it probably had something to do with girls. I’ve decided to…