Nelson Handel

Father, Husband, Writer, Basketball Coach, Traveler. Right now, I'm trying to find a voice at the nexus of travel, culture, and memoir. Basically, I want to be Pico Iyer, but he got there first.

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BOD: Cambodia

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Aging

The Shining Darkness of a Brand New Day

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Mexico Featured

The Town of Fallen Women

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Valencia

Fallas!

Writing

I Asked A.I. to Critique My Writing. It Gave Me a Blowjob, Called Me Joan Didion, and Revealed to Me How It Will Rule the World.

"In a world of influencers and noise, Nelson Handel is something increasingly rare..."

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Mexico

How to Mexico: Beach Edition

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Spain

DRIVER'S TEST

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Finland

Nelson of The North

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Spain

Things I like about Barcelona: Pt.1 - Benches

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Morocco

Fez

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basketball

Why

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Sri lanka

Sri Lanka

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not-politics

Conversation in Expatria, 01/21/25

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technology

BOD - Sri Lanka Edition

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Los Angeles

AfterBurn

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Charlie

Time, piece 2

not-politics

I Don't Write About Politics

But I believe the American narrative– the story we tell ourselves about who we are– is broken.

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journalism

Frontiers of Flavour

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journalism

THE SWEET SMELL OF EXCESS

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Barcelona

The Blind Can See

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Barcelona

Remember us?

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archetecture

BCN BOD: The Devil’s in the Details

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Barcelona

Urine or You're Out

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Art

Posing

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Barcelona

BCN B.O.D.