Since this blog’s humble beginnings, I’ve made a habit of sharing my goals with anyone willing to listen. And I will continue to do so out of stubbornness, despite having learned recently that telling people your goals can actually keep…
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The Travel and Photography Gear I Never Leave Home Without
While I still hardly consider myself an expert on the topic of packing despite nearly four years of continuous travel, I have, through trial and error, learned a few things along the way about how to pack more effectively. In…
Explore the Elements
For several weeks now I’ve seen this contest bouncing around the internet, one in which bloggers are asked to publish travel photography that expresses or represents each of the four elements–earth, water, fire, and air. They then nominate a handful…
Deepen Your Travel Experience in 5 Simple Steps
It’s time for a dose of brutal honesty, are you ready for it? Not all travel is equal. There, I said it! The never-ending buzz within the travel industry regarding whether there is actually a difference between a tourist and…
Year in Review: 2014 in Photos
Well, it’s been another incredible year, but certainly not without its drawbacks. In fact, more than anything, I’d say 2014 was a year characterized by extremes: overwhelming love and devastating loss; feelings of great achievement and feelings of crushing self-doubt; incredible…
Finding My Voice in One Year of Travel Blogging
Blogging anniversaries, like all anniversaries in life, come with a lot of pressure–pressure to be great, to be meaningful, to be memorable. I feel it’s my duty on this, the one-year anniversary of hitting “Publish” on my very first blog post,…
How Spirit Airlines Saved My Butt in Central America–Twice
Bare Fare: You and one personal item. You can add more options later. The Bare Fare is just the cost of getting you from A to B–not your bags. Bags are more expensive at the airport.
Getting Our Nature On At The Monteverde Cloud Forest Reserve
The moment I was well enough to travel again after the nasty illness that nearly broke me in San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua, I was on a bus to Costa Rica, ready to forget all my woes and embrace la pura vida. Mak…
Isla de Ometepe: Beaches, Volcanoes, & Bicycles
It finally arrived. On the morning of Monday, September 15th, a full four days after my arrival to Nicaragua, my hostel in Managua received the long-awaited phone call with news that my luggage had been received at the airport and all…
Review: Hotel Maracuya Managua
By now you guys are pretty much caught up with my rough start to traveling in Nicaragua. First, my bag went AWOL. Then came a gnarly case of food poisoning during an attempted visit to Granada. After several days of…
