Experiencing The Near And Far

Day 29: Arrival, Under The Coconut Tree Home Stay, Beach, Soul Kitchen Hoi An may be the easiest to write about because I did a whole l...

Day 26: Arrival I arrived to Da Lat via sleeper bus around 9 in the evening. Mr. Peace Backpackers emailed saying to take a free shuttl...

Day 24: Arrival Downpour, Banh Mi, Bars

Day 21: Arrival, Long Walk, Dinner At the airport, they directed me to a bus for 'City Center.' Only 33RMB, that sounded like ...

Day 16: Halloween Arrival My flight arrived Saturday evening sometime between 8-9pm. After successfully retrieving Hong Kong Dollars f...

Day 14: Arrival, The Shed I arrived midday by the overnight train. Shanghai's immaculate subway system led me easily to my hostel...

Day 11: ATMs, Shin Splints, Hot Pot Originally, I had big plans for today: head straight to the Terracotta Warriors from the train as I ar...

Note: I did not know that Facebook, Google, and Instagram were blocked in China. The next couple of posts I had to rewrite because they did...

Day 5: Jumeirah Beach, Shake Shack, Dubai Mall Fountain   This morning we headed to the beach! Back in the Marina district, there is a ...

Day 3: Abu Dhabi, Grand Mosque, Observatory at 300 Today we ventured to Abu Dhabi. Up front: I'm pretty sure the first time ...