My birthday came and passed this year, and I found myself thinking a lot about death. We’re witnessing the circle of life,” Paulo said to me a few weeks ago.…
I think I speak for most people when I say: this year has been absolute shit. Smelly, as-hard-as-you-try-to-scrape-it-off-the-bottom-of-your-shoe-it-will-not-budge-because-it’s-stuck-in-the-deepest-crevices-of-your-sole….. SHIT. Never did I expect to wrap up my third decade of…
Things I learned in Iceland: Damn it, it’s beautiful there. Damn it, it’s expensive there. Each hot spring has its own charm. If a road says “closed”, it’s absolutely, positively impassable.…
For my birthday, I decided to take a “solo yolo” trip to one of my favorite places in the world – Big Sur. Didn’t realize in my initial decision to…
“MORE red rocks?! Kill… me… now…” – Seven-year-old Mendi making air stabbing motions, circa 1998 So… back in, yes, 1998, the Sui family decided to embark on a road trip of epic…
Sam (to Frodo): “This is it. If I take one more step, it will be the farthest from home I’ve ever been.” Some of you might remember this scene from the…
The bad news is time flies… The good news is you’re the pilot. Forgive me for I have sinned. This blog was supposed to be a way for me to…
“Salt in the air, Sand in my hair.” (Our lives last week, basically.) I’m pretty embarrassed to admit that it took me TWENTY-FOUR years to finally get my butt over to…
As promised, Travel Sprint 2 has finally arrived! <cue confetti, poppers, and champagne> I know, I know. Posting this now is kind of like eating a stale piece of bread.…
If you’ve been following along on the blog, you’ll know that about a month ago, I stopped by Japan… for the weekend. Needless to say, I barely even blinked… and…
the wanderlust is real. 