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As we raid a local convenience store for snacks, my mind is full of thoughts about what the overnight train ride is going to be like. I’ve taken public transit in Europe and back home, but this will be a new experience. We arrive at the train station fairly early, along with the rest [...]

China has always flown under the radar as far as being a country that I wanted to travel to, but here I am. Since I wasn’t able to update while in China (ah, the beauty of censorship), here are a few of my favorite things about my China trip:
First stop, The Great Wall. [...]

Sitting in the Vancouver airport, in what appears to be the Asia terminal (as everything is in English/French and Chinese), I’m thinking “what have I done!” Time went by so quickly yesterday, and by the time I went to sleep last night I was thinking “what the hell am I doing?” This morning I woke [...]

Ah! It’s time for another list. My packing list seems to be never-ending at this point. I’ve been told that you should decide on everything you want to take and then discard 2/3 of it, but of course, I consider myself to be an excellent packer :) so I’ll probably take most of the [...]

It’s been a little quiet around here lately. But the secret is out… I’m taking a year off to travel! I’ve been tentatively planning since spring of last year, but officially decided in December. Why, you ask? Well, it’s something I’ve always dreamed about doing, and right now is probably the best time for me [...]

Who goes on a kayak trip without knowing how to kayak? Me! Well, kayaking isn’t really that tough, you just get in and paddle. It was fun, but I’d rather spend time in the water than kayaking. I like the option of being able to kayak, but ended up spending the majority of my [...]

I hadn’t even planned to go rafting this year, maybe it was a subconscious task. Anyway, I went rafting last week. Even more fun than I expected. It was a little scary, but quite an adventure. I probably wouldn’t have liked it as much in cold water though. The rapids were class II-IV, with [...]

Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia just didn’t do it for me. The title is probably the best thing about the book, but I guess that’s why you shouldn’t judge a book by it’s title (or featured destinations). I really tried to be interested in this book, but [...]

Rafting Day! White water rafting is amazing! I had a great time. The guides picked us up at our hotel in Panama City and we drove to the Ma… River. The roads were 4×4 roads, so it was quite an adventure sitting in the back of the Land Rover. At one point we passed an [...]

Arriving at the Panama City airport was the typical “dazed and confused” part of the trip. Not to say it isn’t fun or different in it’s own respect, but still slightly nerve-racking. I split a taxi with some stranger from Chicago, so the fare was much cheaper. We got to my hotel and the cab [...]