I am afraid of heights. No, that's not quite true. I am afraid of plummeting from heights. I held on for dear life and cried excessively every time a child bumped into me at the top of the Eiffel Tower for god's sake. So, how,...
There's a particular phenomenon that travelers often allude to: "reverse culture shock." It happens when you return home from long term travel. You get so used to being immersed a different cultures that when you arrive back home it no longer feels right. It feels...
1. I seem to have a problem in India. Whenever i go to a restaurant and order something, they don't have it. Seriously. I'd say that, on average, once a day I will tell the waiter what I want and he will say "no." Sometimes...
After three months in India, Jaime and I arrived in our final city: Mumbai. It was kind of bittersweet. India was finally starting to grow on me, but, at the same time, I was itching to get out and to be on my own again. While...
Photos of The Wall Project in Mumbai, India....
I was already feeling famous in India. People were stopping all over, asking to get their photo taken with me. Men and children were staring at me constantly. Hotel owners were always asking for my autograph. I knew that it was only a matter of...
After Hampi, Jaime and I headed back to Goa. We parted ways with Dani, who went back to Palolem to be with Jess, and made our way to Panaji, the capital of Goa. We arrived ridiculously early in the morning, tired, and had to sit...
Outside of our hotel in Hampi there was a family of some of the cutest stray puppies ever. Yes, yes they do deserve their own blog post....
If you ever wanted to know what it feels like to be a celebrity, try being a blonde American girl traveling in Hampi, India. While I've had those feelings elsewhere in India, especially throughout the South of the country, no where were they as strong,...
And then, after two months of traveling around India, we finally made it to Goa: Palolem, Goa. Palolem Beach was a nice beach, calm and somewhat quiet. Quiet for India, at least. It was the off-season in Goa, though. And so, many of the beach-front hotels had shut...