Pink Buddha is the umbrella for stories that stem from volunteering, traveling, meditating, and teaching. Think of this website as your dose of arm-chair travel with generous lashings of irreverence and laughing at inappropriate moments. Pink Buddha is not only for people who like the color pink or for people who like the Buddha. This website will appeal to those who love travel writing, creative writing, and dogs. This website will appeal to those who long to break through perceived boundaries and discover new countries and communities. If this resonates with you, welcome!


Story Categories: Writing & Travel

Art Gallery

Sketches scribbled on the back of an envelope, drawing on a night train or on a white sandy beach, mundane scenes glorified in paint and watercolor.

Featured story

Dog is God Spelled Backwards, part 2

Pablo, our monk-artist-deep-soul loved dancing with drag queens.

Featured Story

Tenderloin of Taiwan

I don’t have anything against dilapidated fill-in-the-blank—cities, houses, people. I lived in a dilapidated flat in the Haight Ashbury district…

“Bracelets and Hunger” published in Best Travelers’ Tales.

“What it Takes to be Real” published in Zafigo travel website.

“Eating Envy” published in The Fringe Poetry Magazine.