OLD TRAVELS

 

Koh Tao, Thailand | Summer 2015

My real passion in life is spending significant chunks of time outside of the US. I’ve been a scuba dive instructor in Thailand, backpacked through Central America, fell in love in Europe, and spent a lot of time in Mexico. Most of the posts on this page are from travels in 2014, 2015, and 2018. Check out my Current Travels for what I’m doing now!


 Blog Posts

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Russia & Mongolia Recap

Last time I wrote I professed how amazing Russia was. After traveling east through the rest of Russia, I am opting to modify (how about update?) my original opinion.

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We’re in Moscow!

The world may seem like a scary place on TV, but you should get out here and see it…it’s perfect.

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Backpacking Europe

Backpacking Europe is fucking weird. I have been using everything I have learned to try to get into the groove of traveling solo out here but I can’t and it boils down to one thing: the people backpacking Europe suck.

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“Yours was never meant to be an ordinary life, and I think you're exactly where you need to be.”

— My college roommate, Vanessa Christie