Ode To Deo: A Tale Of Bali Secrets And Cali Karma Armpit-love is self-love. As I dive deeper into prioritizing self-care and pondering preventative medicine, I re-educated myself on the harmful effects of deodorant. In lieu with this personal quest for healthier pits, taking place on a puny island overrun with entitled expats and unsustainable tourism, a magical little story was born. As we… Read More
Solo Hitchhiking La Carretera Austral Part I: Caleta Tortel—Cochrane Before I left for my world trip, I sternly told myself that I would stop hitchhiking alone. Yet using my thumb to experience the gems and potholes of La Carretera Austral, under rain or sun, had remained one of my biggest fantasies for more than two years. The generosity of strangers carried me… Read More
Solo Hitchhiking La Carretera Austral Part II: Puerto Rio Tranquilo—Coyhaique Continued from Part I: Caleta Tortel—Cochrane. Puerto Rio Tranquilo PRT is the pit stop for making an aquatic excursion out to the Insta-worthy Capilla de Mármol, or marble caves. Capilla is the Spanish word for chapel, so Capilla de Mármol actually refers to one specific limestone formation that your guide will point out.… Read More
Solo Hitchhiking La Carretera Austral Part III: Queulat—Chaitén Continued from Solo Hitchhiking La Carretera Austral Part I and Part II. Parque Nacional Queulat This national park is famed for its view of the Ventisquero Colgante, a hanging glacier poised over a lush green valley. Campers can set up a tent by the park entrance for 2,000 CLP ($3.30). Day 47 27 March 2018… Read More
Hitchhiking Hope: The Best Day Ever To my absolute delight, the universe gave me an RV Family not long after I had begun standing on the side of the road. It was a big day. I was somewhere along the coast of Morocco, and airport bound. Marrakech was 264 kilometers inland. My wallet was down to a couple 20-dirham notes. Day… Read More
When A Sakura Petal Lands In Your Matcha When a sakura petal lands in your matcha, your heart skips a beat. Day 424 When a sakura petal lands in your matcha, you suspect things may have just gone from 0 to 100. You blink twice and look again, because maybe you’ve just seen so many petals this sakura season that you’re… Read More
Staying Motivated As A Full-time Traveler It’s been 430 days and I am still in love with what I’m doing. I am not homesick. I often have conversations with others about staying energized to keep traveling. People DM me, or it comes up among the travelers around me. Two words, and you can stop reading this post: travel slow.… Read More
Hitchhiker’s Guide To Armenia Armenia was one of the easiest places in the world to get a lift. Hitchhiking around a landlocked country with a population under three million meant that we met big hearts from several nationalities. Whoever took us—be it Armenians, Turks, Iranians, or Georgians—went out of their way to keep us housed and fed. … Read More
Morocco’s Hidden Ovens My nose was the first to notice furans, or Moroccan communal ovens. Wafts of warm bread drew me to these buildings, often hidden among the urban sprawl of mosques and residential riads. At the entrance of a furan there will likely be a stray cat or two, squatting and shrunken from the cold,… Read More
Hitchhiking Hope: In Pursuit Of Gigantic Stuffed Bread And The Sahara Desert They are so cute, standing in the arid grasslands at the frontier of the Sahara. Dromedary camels, I mean. It is said that in the South of Morocco, near Dakhla, in order to ask for the hand of a girl, you must gift her father a camel. And if the woman has been divorced, you… Read More