Walking Amadeus

04/02/2026

Episode Five - "Manifest" is out, and I would love for you to take a look! This follows my initial introduction to the Philippines and subsequent "Turnaround" (Episode 4) flight to Singapore in 2015. Experience behind the work into how getting to know the people and the culture of Leyte and Samar was truly an adventure within a journey worth remembering and sharing. Please enjoy.

Salamat!

Tacloban, Leyte and Samar Philippines discovered by a long-term volunteer after Typhoon Yolanda - balut, bangka boat-building, and burgers! Walking Amadeus S...

10/11/2025

Only a decade in post-production, we plan to have Episode 5 of Walking Amadeus (Season 1) out to you soon. Mark previously completed a "Turnaround" trip to Singapore after his first glimpse of life volunteering in The Philippines ("Leyte Arrival"). With a determination to learn more about the country, the people, and how he can contribute to a typhoon recovery program, we get a better account of life volunteering in Tacloban and nearby Samar in MANIFEST.

07/10/2025

Proud to say I have now completed the last leg of many walks from Tijuana, BC to Oceanside, CA. Last night I attended final night of the San Diego - Tijuana International Jazz Festival, and today I walked up to Tacos El Gordo in Chula Vista (which I had previously walked to from San Diego). Not sure what would be next, since there is a big Marine Corps base north of Oceanside, but if I could get up to LA, that would be pretty cool. In the words of Gary Porter, "get out there and walk."

26/12/2024

May life always take you by the reins to show you new places and wonderful people with purpose and beauty. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year.

28/03/2024

There are all sorts of ways and reasons to travel, and the road to becoming a world traveler may be different for everyone. As in cooking, i...

27/12/2023

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Luckily, the 23rd was my longest day - at just under 12 hours. Christmas Eve was only nine hours. I help manage running two rest...

09/11/2023

My first days in Tacloban, thinking of my friends in Leyte and Samar on the 10 year anniversary of Typhoon Yolanda. God, bless the Philippines.
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(2015) One man's solo journey around the world - traveling through the Philippines to a volunteer experience in disaster response with All Hands Volunteers i...

03/11/2023

Atay.
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British merchants introduced Chinese gunpowder tea to Morocco in the 1860s. Morocco introduced mint tea to me in 2016. Today, I brought Moroccan Mint Tea to California: green gunpowder tea, fresh mint, spearmint, peppermint, rosehip, fresh rose petal, Comptoir du Sud brown sugar, water.

25/07/2023

Uggh

Beginning in 2024, Europe will require ETIAS travel authorization for visitors — including summer jet-setters from the US.

19/07/2023

A bit about my time in Poland.

Radymno It would have been a bitter cold, but we couldn't be bitter, really; we all chose to be there - Poland in January. We slogged thro...