I wouldn't say I'm the best packer, because I usually leave packing to around midnight the night before I leave on a trip, which probably isn't the best approach. But with the number of trips I take each month I've at least become very practiced at packing, to the point where I ...
5 Things We Could All Learn from Guyanese People
Visiting Guyana was the sort of trip where I saw lots of really incredible places, but it was also the kind of trip where I really felt like I learned something. I mentioned before that Guyana was a touch out of my comfort zone - or at least the 8 days I spent in the ...
6 Incredible Places You’ll Only Find in Guyana
I returned from Guyana last week, and I'm still in a sort of dreamy haze from the trip. Like whenever anyone has asked me how my time visiting Guyana was, I just get this silly smile on my face. It was lovely. Except for the bug bites. I keep waking Dan up in the middle of the ...
When the Whole World Begins to Feel the Same
There’s something I’ve been struggling with for quite a while, and today I’m feeling brave so I’m finally going to address it: after traveling so much, everywhere is starting to kind of feel the same. Aaand cue the eye roll. I know, this is like the dumbest first world ...
5 Years of Blogging & The 12 Strokes of Luck That Got Me Here
So I was just talking to my friend Danielle about our Christmas travel plans (if anyone has any thoughts/preferences/tips on Kurdistan, Ethiopia, Ghana, or Sao Tome, let me know - we need to choose a place!) and I realized that it was a whole five years ago that we started ...