For risk-loving adventure travelers, losing one of our own is a sobering and somber experience that encourages us to reevaluate our personal risk-reward ratios. But in the end, not doing everything that one can do to live a rewarding life is truly the biggest risk. Donate to the #nepalearthquake relief efforts!
Want a perfect vacation? Try two weeks in Oaxaca, a beautiful Mexican state with tons of stately architecture, sweeping nature, kind people, and unbelievable weather. Here’s a quick and dirty overview of a few points of interest, including overall costs, accommodations, food, and language tips.
You might say that “life’s a journey, not a destination,” but it sure feels like some journeys are working overtime to make me appreciate that by jeopardizing my life in some very sketchy ways. Here’s an all-too-detailed account of stress, fear, and ultimately triumph over near-death (or so I think).
Christmas might as well be the official holiday of capitalist consumption. If you want to give a monetarily-significant present but are making conscious steps towards reducing our carbon footprint, consider a gift of experiences instead!
Ironically, this is a post about analog versus virtual reality, rooting for the former while typing into the latter.
“You can never step in the same river twice” is my repeat city motto. Example: at first, Paris was my least-favorite big city, but on return trips, it’s definitely warming up to me. Moral: don’t cross a city off your list forever just because you’ve visited before. Show repeat cities some love, and they’ll love you right back!
The World Cup is here! And I couldn’t be more excited, weirdly enough. (#vamosespaña!)
Writer’s Block Exercise #10979414: Ten random people you might meet while traveling around the world. Please take the following characterizations with a grain of salt (and a whole heaping of humble pie, if you realize you might be one of them!).
Home-bound exercises to keep the traveling feet restless: “An Idiot Abroad,” Pinterest travel boards, The Great Language Game, Duolingo, and JetPunk’s Countries of the World Quiz.
Hello reader! After many requests to put my photos in one consolidated space, rather than scattered throughout these blog posts, I finally relented. Sort of. Rather than put all of my 20,000 photos onto the… Continue reading
