Category: culture

My iPhone read 5:51 p.m. as I stripped off my royal blue top in favor of a white and silver striped one and pulled on...

I was recently invited to speak at an event in June. It’s one of those things where you get a short amount of time (in...

Possibly my favorite site in all of Kathmandu was the Swayambhunath stupa – better known to many as the Monkey Temple. We climbed up the...

I woke up to the sound of pouring rain – and if that sounds like a good song lyric, it’s because it is. Lying warm...

I have never been one to take a lot of pictures of people when I travel. With my point and shoot, I could never get...

Once upon a time, someone in Luxor, Egypt decided it would be a brilliant idea to get tourists to ride donkeys into the Valley of...

Dasha knocked on my door around 8:20, asking if I was ready to go. She had shyly asked me the night before if I could...

Before leaving on my career break trip, I researched good banks for international travelers – banks that would refund out of network ATM fees and...

A few weeks ago, I had the opportunity to take a helicopter tour of Chicago, courtesy of Viator.com. Despite the overcast skies, it was an...

I have never made it a secret that my biggest fear when I quit my job to travel was finding another job when I returned....