Long-form
writing.
Comparisons, explainers, trip reports and guides. First-person, past tense, specific. Written by people who actually went.
48 hours in Prague. What I got wrong the first time.
The first time I went to Prague I stayed in the wrong area, went to the wrong places on the wrong nights, and spent twice what I needed to. This is the version I'd give someone who wants to do it properly the first time.
Read →Amsterdam or Hamburg. Everyone picks wrong.
I've done both cities four times each. The question I get asked most is which one. The honest answer is that they're solving different problems — and most people asking the question haven't figured out which problem they actually have.
Read →The budget guide. Europe's legal scene under €200 total.
Amsterdam is €300 minimum if you do it wrong. Prague is under €150 if you do it right. Budapest will surprise you. This is the actual cost breakdown for Europe's legal destinations — transport, accommodation, and everything else — for a 48-hour trip.
Read →New Zealand decriminalised in 2003. Here's what actually happened.
The Prostitution Reform Act passed with a single vote margin. Twenty-three years later New Zealand's model is cited by researchers, adopted partially by three other countries, and consistently produces data that surprises people on both sides of the debate.
Read →Germany's Prostitution Act is 22 years old. It still surprises people.
In Germany sex workers file tax returns, have health insurance, and can sue clients who refuse to pay. The 2002 Prostitution Act made Germany's approach one of the most legally coherent in the world — and one of the least understood by the people who visit.
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