137 Days: A Reflection
Travel moves you. Sure, it’s a stupid cliche but something in me changed over the last 5 months. Before I left I felt hopeless, a failure. I sat around wondering if I jumped the gun on finishing college to early, if I made the right decision on my degree, if I would in fact be the successful person I envisioned. It was hard being stuck … Continue reading 137 Days: A Reflection
Thai Iced Tea
Let’s talk about one of Thailand’s most famous exports, the one drink that has come to define a Thai food experience in nearly every country around the world. An order that brings out a large glass, cup, drinking apparatus lovingly filled to the brim with what I can only explain as sweet, orange deliciousness; a secret and unknown liquid of a far east concoction, something … Continue reading Thai Iced Tea
Papaya Pok Pok
Today I had a revelation. A long time ago, on my first trip to Portland my senior year of high school, my mother took me to an awesome northern Thai restaurant called Pok Pok. Its reputation preceded itself and it was all the rage and “the place to go” if you were in the PDX metro for any amount of time; I had to try … Continue reading Papaya Pok Pok
Thai Beers: Debunked
For many expats such as myself, you come to Thailand thinking its going to be a binger just like the movies told you. And for many it is. Take a stroll down Khaosan Rd. in central Bangkok and you can see plenty of expats and tourists alike filling their bellies with the sauce, the strong stuff and having a hell of a time doing it. … Continue reading Thai Beers: Debunked
Student Travel Guide: Antwerp, Belgium
For me, Antwerp is the mecca of Belgium. It is the city to be in, dine in and take in the beauties that Belgium has to offer. For whatever reason, Antwerp seems to always fall behind other Belgian cities such as Brussels, Bruges and Ghent as the best places to visit in the country. This has no reflection on Antwerp as a city at all, … Continue reading Student Travel Guide: Antwerp, Belgium
The Tuk Tuk
Thailand is a crazy place. The people, the weather, the food, the traffic. Everything seems to be in utter chaos yet hangs together in perfect harmony. It is a land of contrasting ideals, lifestyles and practices, yet a land that functions on its highest level everyday. Never have I been to a place like it before and never will I again. Thailand is definitionally unique, … Continue reading The Tuk Tuk
Student Travel Guide: San Sebastián, Spain
The Basque Country remains as one of the largest nations in the world without a state. You can feel it here. Look around the ancient streets in any of the cities, large of small, and you can see graffiti, signs and symbols referring to the Basque independence and the importance of the movement. The Basque people are proud of their heritage and would hate to … Continue reading Student Travel Guide: San Sebastián, Spain
Student Travel Guide: Barcelona, Spain
Barcelona is a city you have to visit, simple as that. It is world renowned for its beautiful sites, its delicious bites and its lively nightlife tucked convenintely on the Mediterranean coast. The weather is great year round, the beer is always cold and it is a much cheaper option than many other European cities of the same caliber. My time in Barcelona was quick … Continue reading Student Travel Guide: Barcelona, Spain
The Secret to Affordable Long Term Travel
Travel is what you make of it. It certainly is about the experience, but it is presupposed on the experience that you want to have. I have made choices in my life and they have left me here, enjoying a painfully slow 15 hour layover in Moscow, Russia. For most that sounds strange, but for me that has become part of my everyday life. Travel … Continue reading The Secret to Affordable Long Term Travel
Pintxos
As of today I have been in the Basque country for a total of nearly two weeks, San Sebastian=Donostia to be exact. I have learned some very important things not only about Spain during my time here but about about the people that refer to themselves as Spanish. Spain for many Americans seems like a unilateral identity. My friends you could not be more wrong. … Continue reading Pintxos
