COVID-19: Stories of Travel, Goals, Failure, and Progress

Working through what's been going on since the lockdown began by sharing some personal struggles, adventures, and endeavors.

The Stresses (and Joys) of Uprooting

Finding a new place to live is always stressful. Doing so in a different country during the most frenzied month of the year? All the more fun, of course.

6 Things to Love about Metropolitan Manila

From the thick, warm blanket of air that wraps it's welcoming arms around you when you first step out of the airport to the hospitable nature of its people, Manila sure knows how to give a warm welcome.

When It’s Time to Travel

I've spent a relaxing day at home, enjoying the Sydney sun as it shines through the windows. The howling wind outside is nothing to me but a soundtrack--and a no-frills way to speed up the laundry drying process. I've got the rest of the clothes that need to go in my bag out on the…

10 Pros and Cons of Expat Life

The best and worst of living outside the borders of your citizenship.

5 Reasons to Love Traveling with Toddlers

Toddlers. I'm hard-pressed to find a more exhausting word in the English language, yet I love traveling with mine. To be fair, she's not a baby anymore--she's a big girl--and she makes that clear to everyone. She's only just turned four and as much as she insists that she's all grown up, it hasn't stopped…

How Badly Does Getting a Tattoo Hurt?

If getting a tattoo isn't a thing to do while traveling, I don't know what is. I've been in the Philippines for some time now and will be leaving soon, so this seemed like the perfect time to finally get one done at the highly recommended Whiplash Tattoo parlor on Aguirre Avenue in BF Homes—my…

Eight Years in the Philippines

Oh, what the sweat, the tears, the blood on your cracked pavement, and all those years tearing through you and circumventing the grave meant.