The moment we stepped off the overnight but from Saigon, I felt lighter. The city had weighed on me, leaving me with a bitter taste in my mouth and smog in my lungs. But Nha Trang makes an excellent first impression: warm ocean air, shining sun, and a friendly tourist vibe. I was ready for a…

I rang in 2011 on a boat in the Bahamas… the perfect stress-and-drama-free way to celebrate. My year would turn out to be split very distinctly into two halves: six months of relative misery working my butt off to finish school, selling of my life’s belongings, and saving money like a madwoman; followed by six months…

This travel quote is famous among dreamers and wanderers alike, and for good reason. It’s a beautiful tribute to taking risks and choosing the nontraditional. “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines, sail away from the…

Happy New Year, everyone! I rang in the New Year with Mark, my sister, four of my dear friends from home and several new ones as well. We were at the world famous Full Moon Party at Koh Phangan and it was a crazy night; one that I won’t forget anytime soon. Onto Photo of the…

This post is super long. Read it anyway. If your attention span is short, skip ahead to My Reactions. For many people in this world, “Vietnam” is the name of a war and not a tourist destination. I’m ashamed to say I knew very little about the Vietnam War (or what the Vietnamese call the American…