Category Archives: Personal

6 month Perspective

You know how everyone says “it’s takes about 6 months to learn a job…” long term traveling has been no different for me. I’m a little past the half way point of my trip. I’m on my way to Istanbul

Can’t Wait for Shanghai….

It’s been nearly 6 months since I started this trip…and I have to say, most of the experiences have been fantastic. Experiences like bungee jumping, sky diving, riding an elephant bare back, driving the Great Ocean road, summitting Kilimanjaro, trekking

Managing minor and major Crisises while Traveling

Since I am in the middle of resolving a travel related incident (Hi Mom!) (Edit: See Resolution Notes), I thought now would be a good time to discuss just exactly how to handle these problems. Most travel crisises are not life

The “Good” and “Bad” of Travel

I’ve been thinking about this for awhile now. One of the things about traveling is that the people who aren’t traveling usually only get to see the good of travel. I feel qualified to share my perspective on this subject

Turning 31 on My World Trip

Well it’s time for another birthday post with my perspective from the previous year and predictions for what 31 will bring me. I turned 31 in Minneapolis last week as stop on my around the world trip. I did this