Playa Del Carmen & Chichen Itza
As a kid, I went to Cancun two years in a row with my family and loved it. The Caribbean Sea was so blue and warm, the atmosphere was...
Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico was a spontaneous travel decision and the biggest surprise of my year in how much I absolutely fell in love with it, and I...
Picton-Abel Tasman-Westport
After working at Electric Avenue for one month as well as having saved money from my vineyard and data entry jobs, I took off for the...
Finding Work in NZ: Blenheim Vineyards to Welly
I arrived in Wellington after three weeks in the North Island rafting, base jumping, hiking, staying in hostels, and riding the Kiwi...
Amsterdam
Amsterdam. When I was 21, it might as well have been Narnia. It was that city teenagers spoke of as some kind of mythical utopia. While I...
Bay of Islands
While generally if you're looking for beaches, Australia is the better option, that doesn't mean New Zealand doesn't have its share of...
Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam was the last new country on our two month trip around Southeast Asia, and after only four days, I decided it had a lot of...
Cambodia
Everyone I spoke to for advice while planning Southeast Asia told me to rush through Cambodia. It was their least favorite of the...
Phi Phi Islands
The south of Thailand is basically full of island paradises, and Koh Phi Phi is a fantastic choice if you want to combine beaches with...
Brisbane, Noosa, Surfers, & Byron Bay
It was strange to reach my final weeks in Australia. By that time, I was ready to move on, so parts of it almost felt like going through...