Cullen McHael

Author, wanderer, enthusiast

Tag: volunteer

  • Korakas

    Korakas

    For one month I lived in this abandoned shack, surrounded by counterfeit life-vests, cast off clothes, wrecked boats, and the Aegean sea.

    This is Korakas. Four weathered buildings, their roofs collapsed, on a spit of land sticking out north of the Greek island of Lesvos.

    A photo of Koraas lighthouse silhouetted against the setting sun.

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  • Grey Airport Dawn

    Departure in the early hours, before the sun rises, has a special smell which to me is one of the treasures of living.

    This morning I stepped out onto the road. No sooner had a grey dawn risen over the Eastern Iowa Airport then I had my first “oops” moment, when I realized I hadn’t finished my paperwork for an international drivers license. Volunteer stories suggest Greek car rental agencies often don’t ask for one, so it may not end up mattering.
    Perhaps that will be all that goes wrong. Hah. (more…)