`It took 3 flights, 42 hours, and a time change of twelve hours for me to arrive in Bali, but it was oh so worth it. Not just because I was in Bali, but because I was meeting two friends, Robyn and Chantae, for a three day girl getaway. It had been nearly a year…
I sat on the wall at Ao Nang beach, watching the sun sink below the hills across the bay. Thai longboats raced across the horizon towards shore and the sky turned fiery as the sun dipped out of sight. It was beautiful, but I couldn’t help but notice that I seemed to be the only…
“I don’t usually share photos of myself…” I can’t tell you how many times I’ve read this posted underneath a photo on instagram. A photo of a woman with a smile on her face against an amazing backdrop of a cool building or beautiful scenery. She probably also mentions how she doesn’t look that good.…
I moved as far to the back of the boat as possible, giving up my seat to get a better view and access to the much needed breeze. It was my second day in Bangkok. I was slowly overcoming jet lag having flown over twelve hours from Rome to the Thai capital. But while I…
“If your house was on fire and you only had time to grab one thing, what would it be?” “MY PASSPORT!” My coworker takes a pause in her family-feud style questionnaire to laugh at my outburst. It seems like a joke but it’s honestly the first thing that came to mind. Funnily, I actually keep…
Where are the kindest people in the world? It’s a popular question, and something everyone seems to have an answer to. But when I spoke of my plans to visit Myanmar the kindness of the people kept coming up. In fact, many told me that the Burmese were the nicest people they had ever met.…
I scanned the buildings across from me as I walked down Bulevar Revolucije in Mostar. This street, only 22 years earlier, had been the front-line. The buildings I was looking at were remnants of war. Like so many other houses and apartments here, the walls were riddled with bullet holes. But unlike so much of…
Standing on the walls of old town Kotor, I eyed the pathway from town to the top of the nearby hill and San Giovanni Castle, aka Kotor Castle on top . Towering over the bay it promised beautiful panoramic views and, if I left in about an hour, I knew I could be up there…
Confession time: I would lose my head if it wasn’t attached At least that’s why my mom has always said about me. I used to disagree, telling her that I keep track of the important stuff. Until one day a stranger came up to me in the airport with my passport in his hand “Miss,…
I was afraid to go to Thailand. Maybe afraid isn’t the right word, more like intimidated. When I think ‘Thailand’ I think beaches, snorkelling, and scuba diving. Which, let’s be honest, basically equates to boys with toned abs in board shorts and girls in teeny string bikinis. In case you haven’t guessed yet, I have…