I’ve been doing this travel thing for a pretty long time and I’ve been on almost every trip with my very long-term boyfriend, Aaron. Over the years we’ve traveled to roughly 25 countries together. We went on two unforgettable month-long backpacking trips across Cuba in 2005 and 2007 (we even saw Raul Castro speak!), we quit…
When I first arrived in Jakarta I was completely unprepared. I knew Jakarta was an enormous city, but I had no idea just how difficult it would be to navigate the ins and outs of this city. And being a woman made living and traveling around Jakarta especially intimidating. I might live here with my boyfriend but…
As I waited for my plane to take me to Penang it struck me that I hadn’t boarded an international flight alone in exactly 10 years. It had been a full decade since that trip to Europe and even then I was meeting up with a friend. Some of my favorite blogs are all about…