The Eclectic Wanderer
Traveling wherever my curiosity takes me!
Explore the Journey
105 Countries. Countless Stories. One Restless Curiosity.
Join Peter Ormand as he wanders from iconic cities to remote villages, discovering that every place—whether across the world or across town—has a story worth sharing.
Welcome to
The Eclectic Wanderer.
Thanks for visiting! This blog is meant to inspire travel – be it across the world or to the other side of your hometown!
As Hans Christen Anderson said:
“To move, to breathe, to fly, to float,
To gain all while you give,
To roam the roads of lands remove,
To travel is to live.“
Latest posts
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Have you ever not liked a place from the moment you arrived? Such was the case for me with Malta. Keep reading →
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Back at the pits, I feign disinterest as I’m offered various fabrics. Everyone knows I’m not leaving without buying, so it’s only a matter of… Keep reading →
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Long before we can see them, we hear them, hundreds of elementary students enthusiastically welcoming us to their neighborhood. Even at a distance their energy… Keep reading →
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The road to Badagry resembles a city street more than a highway with homes and vendor stalls constructed right to the edge of the asphalt. … Keep reading →
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After four days under tight escort in Libya, stepping outside of Tunis-Carthage Airport alone felt both liberating and invigorating. Keep reading →
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I’m somewhere inside Tripoli’s ancient medina, wandering narrow lanes shaded by trellises of jasmine and grapevines. I say “somewhere” because I’m a little disoriented. I… Keep reading →
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While we were pretty confident our three days in southern Nepal would yield a rhino sighting, or maybe even two, we were still unprepared to… Keep reading →
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Within just a few moments of arriving at Chengdu’s shiny new airport I realized that everything I thought I knew about China was terribly outdated. Keep reading →
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I would argue that no city in America better captures the moment we’re living in than Myrtle Beach does. Trumpian in it’s politics and growing… Keep reading →
