“If you could chose three adjectives to describe yourself, which ones would you chose and why?” Ah, a tired, clichéd question and standard favorite among job interviewers the world over. How many of you have been asked that question before? And what did you say in response? Well, if you’ve ever been to a job… Read More Dear America, Stop Trying to Change Us! Love, an Introvert
I promised myself that I wouldn’t travel anywhere until I’d found a job and somewhere to live and paid off my medical and credit card bills. And although it hasn’t been easy (I had to turn down a free trip to Los Angeles last week), so far I’ve remained true to my word. To be… Read More Future Travel Plans: Germany?
The following are some of my favorite travel-inspired video clips. I’m sorry they’re so small! I have no idea how to make them bigger… Enjoy. : ) The English Teachers Series This is the first episode in a series that centers around English teachers in Japan. I love the Neville character. He reminds me a… Read More Travel Videos from Around the Web
It’s been interesting to read the comments people have left on that article I wrote for Vagabondish. While the article was entitled ‘What It’s Like to be Female and Foreign in Japan’ (foreign as in non-Japanese), the focus of discussion has strayed from the topic of a western woman’s perspective on dating abroad and zeroed… Read More Are North American Women Really THAT Bad?
From the ‘utterly useless souvenir’ category comes the following: scented clocks, clothing for your wine bottle, leis made out of dog-biscuits and a duster shaped like a hula dancer. I can only imagine the tough time someone must have had trying to come up with ways to market these…Judging from the dust that was collecting… Read More Would You Buy These? The Hawaiian Souvenir Edition
Before Nicaragua or Guatemala, before I got a job with an airline or lived in Japan and before this blog existed or I even knew what the word ‘blog’ meant, there was India. And the four months I spent hauling my sweaty self up and down mountains and away from stampeding elephants and spitting camels.… Read More Big News: I Have My Own Column!
I’ve decided not to take that job in Nicaragua. After I’d made a list of all the things that I hoped to accomplish over the next couple of years, I realized that a good 90 percent of them I wouldn’t be able to do living in a village in the mountains of Central America. But… Read More Future Travel Plans: USA
I would have bought this blue Volkswagen bus and driven it back to California. I very nearly did. My roommates in Guatemala and I talked a lot about buying a VW van (they were for sale everywhere in Central in America and for as little as USD 600) and then driving it up through Mexico… Read More If I’d had 1,000 dollars…
I’ve been back on US soil for six days now and so far I haven’t felt even one ounce of reverse culture shock. And I gotta say, I’m a little disappointed. After my experience returning to New York from Tokyo and after reading this article on Vagabondish, I was actually looking forward to it. Reverse… Read More Home Again
I’m in Costa Rica right now and am scheduled to fly back to California tomorrow. But I might not be there for long. I got offered a job as a volunteer coordinator for a Canadian NGO in Nicaragua. The pay is decent and the job provides free room and board and get this, free Spanish… Read More So long Nicaragua….See Ya Soon?