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April 2007
A Postcard about Thailand's Songkran for International Living.

October 2005-Present
Numerous city guides for
Vcarious, including Chiang Mai, Bangkok, Kyoto, Hiroshima, and a Thai islands guide,amongst others. Vcarious had Ryan write a personal travel journal in November 2005 and another one in November 2006.

September 2005
Ryan writes an article about
Ise, Japan for the travel site GoNomad.

2000
Written for the now-defunct (but still hosted) site
SoYouWanna, this article is an overview of organizational details related to backpacking through Europe.

Unpublished pieces

Budget Japan. Written in 2003, this is a guide to navigating the world's most expensive country without selling organs.

An Onsen in Japan. Written a few months after arrival in 2001, this piece deals with some of the cultural issues of being a foreigner in Japan, while exploring some of the more beautiful aspects of the island through a visit to a hot spring resort.