Lake Atitlán: San Marcos–Santa Cruz Growing up with the lakes of the Southeast United States, Atitlán proved to be its own league of beauty. The whole area is gringo-infested, but that’s just what happens when you’ve got something this good. It took less than 24 hours for me to tell my parents to put it at the top of their list. The air… Read More
TBT: Poorly Spelled Accounts of Venice and Florence, Italy Excerpt from Italy! A True Book, 2003. 6 Venice the city that’s almost floued! In Venes Venes has one hundred an eighty Ilends. It has hundreds of piges. There a lot of gondloes. Gondlouse are a kind of boat. if you lived in Venes when you open the door water may come in and a boat… Read More
Thoughts And Lessons From Doing Africa Solo—Part I The nurse prescribing malaria pills raised her eyebrows at me. So did the Walmart cashier. A mom said I would die. So did my mom. It hit her last minute and she screamed at me that it was all a scam and I was never coming back. I still got on that plane. This was… Read More
Girls Getaway: Georgia My girlfriends and I were tired of the summer heat and needed a change in scenery. Knowing what we were looking for didn’t include beer and chubbies, we threw together a trip to Jack’s River. It wasn’t girls only—you just had to not be a total sleazebag. We managed to mostly stay on… Read More
Best of Cars Setting aside Cuba’s rich history and culture, and giving the pristine beaches a cold shoulder, automobile-gazing is hands down an all-around favorite. Without further blabber, here is the eye candy I promised: … Read More
How To Go On A Safari Without Paying For One Nakuru National Park How to tour one of Kenya’s most popular attractions on a budget, and why I was told to absolutely go to two nearby lakes instead. After spending just one week in Homa Bay, Kenya, I’d gained enough street smarts to go exploring for the weekend. I’ve always been a huge birder so… Read More
Why You Need to Visit Cuba Before 2015 Ends Like it or not, Cuba will soon never be the same. There exists a degree of innocence and contentment preserved within the locals. This phenomenon will soon vanish along with the mild socialist flavor unique to the backwards country. And anyone who knows anything about travel knows it.… Read More
I Birthed This Blog Because… I was always a travel writer. It’s true. Back up to my first grade teacher handing me a blank booklet shortly before my dad took me to China to visit family for the first time: life changed forever. Instantaneously I knew I wanted both pictures and hand-written entries filling its pages. My journals quickly… Read More