When other kids were growing up dreaming of being sports stars and fighter pilots, I dreamt of being a powerful businessman.

I may be a vegetarian, but I would eat a peacock in a second.

The writing’s on the wall.

Home to the world’s only six star hotel, what Dubai lacks in tradition it makes up for in opulence.

Mis-adventures in a self-cleaning toilet.

Contests can make you mad.

You can go home again.

I would leave the country…once every year for the next four years. I figured everyone won: I got to see new and adventurous places. And no one else really mattered.

Research is a tricky word, which is why I try to avoid it at all costs.

Sure, some people come to Rio de Janiero for the beaches, the music, the bikini waxes, but not my father.