Being a travel blogger is so, so much more than writing great articles. You have to be a master negotiator, a social saveur, a marketing maven. You have to be…
Getting Back in the Game: 4 Travel Tips After Time Away
Timing is everything. Image by Pixabay user obpia30. Over the last year, I haven’t had the ability to travel. Because this was mostly due to injury, it was beyond thrilling…
A Eulogy for Palmyra
Palmyra. Image by Flickr user reibai. “You can wipe out an entire generation, you can burn their homes to the ground and somehow they’ll still find their way back. But…
3 Travel Lessons Translated to ‘Real’ Life
Travel teaches lessons that can be applied to ‘real’ life too. Image by Polly Barks. “Any big plans coming up?” My co-worker is constantly asking about my travel plans. As…
Death-defying feats of skiing
Bunny slopes at Monarch Mountain – and a smile before…well, you’ll see. I had shown up on a trapped-between-winter-and-spring Colorado day: warm temperatures, snow still on the ground, with the promise…
5 Practical (and Unexpected) Lessons I Learned from Online Dating
The Internet world will astound you. Image from womenshealthmag.com via iStockPhoto/Thinkstock. Online dating websites are not the best places to meet friends. This might seem obvious, but when moving to…
Rely on your destiny
With a new year upon us, I’m not surprised that I have been overcome by a sense of inspiration to become a better me. I’ve been on this soul searching…
The Plight Of Australia’s Indigenous People
I was handing out flyers in Perth, Western Australia, when an indigenous woman sporting a devilish grin and with her right hand raised and curled into a fist began walking…
This is the last post I will write from Africa.
This is the last post I will write from Africa. On Saturday, I leave Côte d’Ivoire. I have a brief two day layover in Yaoundé, Cameroon (where I studied abroad…