Antarctica: To Go or Not To Go? That is the Question. There is a laundry list of reasons that visiting Antarctica is horrendous for the environment. But if we look at simply the numbers, you can also say that about washing your clothes, driving a car, and traveling anywhere (among almost every other thing you do in your day-to-day life).…
21 Places to go in 2021 and Beyond The end of the year usually comes with reflections and a look back at the last twelve months of our lives. 2019 was far and away the best year I’ve had for both travel and personal growth. 2020, on the other hand, well- we all know what 2020 was. So, instead of…
Getting a Travel Visa Bureaucracy is hands down the most fun part about travel, amirite? Ok, most definitely not, but it is arguably one of the most important parts. You can’t enjoy sunsets or mountains or pad thai if they won’t even let you on the plane. The Henley Passport Index ranks the strength of a passport based on how…
7 Things to Consider When Spending Money Abroad Spending money is an unfortunate inevitability everywhere we go. Because it’s an everyday occurrence it can be one of those things you don’t think twice about until it’s too late, or worse, ever. There is a lot about culture and currency that you should take into consideration when traveling for your own…
The Survival Guide to Working From Home Since much of the world is WFH I thought I would share some of the knowledge I’ve picked up over the last few years. It might surprise people to learn that working from home takes a little more stamina than it appears on the surface. It becomes especially taxing when you’re also advised…
Life in the time of Covid We may be maintaining our distance, but the entire globe is sharing in a collective experience. For once, we are all in this together. We are fighting the same enemy, striving for the same outcome and working for the same goal. We can unite and understand one another because we’re all cycling through similar…
Leaving DKT: Endish of Feb-Feb 28 Leaving was both exactly what I thought it would be and yet not at all. With finals and getting grades figured out in a system that has never given us a format for grading- the leaving didn’t really get a chance to sink in. That last week, as I started to say goodbye to…
For my entire life I have been slightly crippled by society. That is to say, what society wants, what it expects and its perception of how I fit into that. But here I am, refusing to give into what has always been conventional; terrified of what others will think, but trying to get over it because- god damn it- I’m…
I started this TWO months ago and I didn’t get around to finishing for a number of reasons. Most rationally, I told myself that I didn’t know who to nominate. I didn’t have enough people and I’d wait until then. But since then I have met many and yet, still, I didn’t post. I couldn’t use the excuse of time.…
I Don’t Go Through Culture Shock Except When I Do I’ve been warned about it since day one. Since before day 1. It’s inevitable they say. It happens to everyone they say. I consider myself a somewhat traveled person. And yet I had never experienced culture shock before. Not when I moved to Italy- alone, jobless and homeless; not when…