Cat’s out of the bag…I’m heading to Central America! In just 23 days, I’ll be leaving the US with a one-way ticket to Managua, Nicaragua, and I couldn’t be more excited. As with my past trips, there is a lot…
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My Favorite (Free) Language Resources
As you may know, a major life goal of mine is to one day be multi-lingual. I have varying levels of proficiency in Spanish and Thai (much more Spanish than Thai) and the very basics in a few others, but I’m…
Climbing Venezuela’s Mount Roraima – Part 1
In August of 2013, upon completing four weeks of a volunteer placement with La Fundacion Aldeas de Paz in Santa Elena de Uairen, Venezuela, I was presented with a unique opportunity to visit one of the country’s most famous natural…
Home State Highlight: Leavenworth Bavarian Village
When you’ve spent nearly two decades of your life in one place, it’s easy to become jaded with your surroundings. To you, they may seem rather commonplace, perhaps even downright boring, even if you’ve never really taken the time to explore.…
My Top 10 Travel Destinations
“Of all the places you’ve traveled to, which is your favorite?” Uhh, whoa, talk about a tough (and rather unspecific) question! But it’s one that has been coming up a lot lately and I’m ashamed to say I’ve never really had a good…
Teaching English in Thailand
In the late summer of 2010, as I began settling into a cozy new apartment in upper Manhattan–Morningside Heights, to be exact–and adorning my modest living space with posters of beautiful cities and beaches around the world, I knew deep down that,…
Chiang Mai, Thailand: My Favorite Things
Admittedly, this post is arriving a little late to the party; I can’t even count the number of times I’ve been asked to give suggestions for things to do and see in Chiang Mai since I moved there back in 2011.…
On Traveling to Ecuador and Taking Travel Advice With A Grain Of Salt
Before I set out on my journey to Latin America in 2013, I was armed with some vague ideas of how it would progress–i.e. where I would begin, which countries and cities I would visit, and what I wanted to…
Skydiving in Argentina
With the end of my current travel adventure in sight, I realized that it was time to do some serious prioritizing to really squeeze the maximum amount of fun out of my remaining days in Argentina. I arrived in Córdoba…
Machu Picchu: A Twice-in-a-Lifetime Experience
Visiting Machu Picchu–a UNESCO World Heritage site and wonder of the world–is, for most people, a once-in-a-lifetime experience and an accomplishment to check off on the ole bucket list. I never imagined I would be so lucky as to have…