May 93 minhome: the adventure of returnThe journey continues even in the return, and my homecoming is quite epic. After seven months of Southeast Asian hostel beds (and...
Dec 315 min2022 in wordsI try to grasp 2022 in my hands now, like it’s a putty I can infuse last year’s essence into. It’s ambitious to sculpt art from a year so...
Oct 25, 20224 mintravel! i'm doing the dang thing!And it feels sooo good. Reflecting on my backpacking planning trip thread, I’m so in love with the journey to get me where I am now....
Oct 25, 20225 mindiscovering how to eat in Indonesia with ten thousand food allergiesMy stomach hasn’t felt completely right since my sailing trip around the Komodo Islands. For four days and three nights, I lived aboard...
Jun 20, 20228 minbackpacking trip planning thread no. 1When I graduated from college in the winter of 2019, all I wanted to do was see the world. I planned to backpack abroad, and really, that...
Jan 5, 20227 minfirst night abroad: Florence 2018When I touched down for my layover in Frankfurt, Germany, I didn’t yet know where I’d be sleeping for my first night abroad. Imagine it:...
