the 9 to 5 alternative

When I travel, I rarely gallivant–you know, wonder aimlessly, jazz around with no particular purpose in mind.
Weeks before a trip, I look up specific sites, research what languages are spoken, what foods to expect. I try to familiarize myself with a location’s particular history and culture. By doing this, I can travel more optimally. I [...]

A couple of months ago I was nominated (by Angela Corrias – Travel Calling) to take part in a unique and collaborative online experiment called, “3 Best Kept Travel Secrets.” Started by the folks over at Tripbase–a new, personalized approach to travel planning–this exercise calls for travel bloggers to write about three obscure places they’ve [...]

Pripyat, Ukraine
Soon I’ll be traveling back to survey-land. Back to a world of bribes and border crossings, Embassy escapades and interesting transits. A world of pseudo-espionage, where pussyfooting supermarket aisles for 4+ hours is the norm.
Can’t wait to get back on the road. I’ve been itching to cause more trouble out there. Here’s a brief [...]

I was aflutter.
It had been almost three years since my academic semester in Kathmandu, and I was coming back. I was really coming back. Would the city look the same? Would I remember my homestay neighborhood? How would the family dog, Jenny, greet me? Probably with a growl. Definitely with a growl. For whatever reason, [...]

I’m currently editing/posting this from Munich, Germany, where I’m transiting back to the U.S. after a month of travel. Realizing how much I have to say about my week in Kathmandu, I decided to split the two cities into two different posts. Hope you enjoy the photos!
After Dushanbe, I flew to Istanbul and had a [...]