When I first visited Koh Samui back in September, my family read my trip coverage very carefully as they knew that they too would be visiting the island soon. When we arrived I asked them if there was anything I had posted about that they were interested in seeing. The beautiful waterfalls? The majestic temples? My…

For those of you just joining us, I am recapping, in excruciating detail, my family and friends’ trip to visit me in Thailand over the holidays. We started in Bangkok, then hopped down to Koh Tao, and now we’re in Koh Samui! At the rate I’m going I hope to complete this post series by Christmas…

As much as I loved showing my family around Koh Tao, to me that island is home… and I wanted a vacation! So we planned on rounding out my parents’ visit with a few days in Koh Samui, the big sister of the Gulf Coast Thai islands. Koh Samui is the largest and most developed of…

Two weeks ago I posted a travel quote about coming home. This week is all about being home. Which, by the way, I am absolutely loving. I really need to write a post about my hometown of Albany, New York, which I love so dearly. Where do you hail from, dear readers? Do you feel as…

I’ve actually spent the majority of this week in my upstate New York hometown of Albany, but I admit to barely picking up my camera while I’ve been here. Thus, my Photo of the Week options were taken during my final few days in New York City. Photo A There are many iconic New York City…

My passport and I have been through a lot together. We’ve crossed borders, applied for visas, been traumatically temporarily separated and even most recently been detained at US Immigration together. We often get a little defensive when snooty foreigners point out that only 20% of Americans have a bond like ours (AKA own a passport). First…