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Appropriate Appropriation
Travelers from other parts of the world don't hesitate to wear a kimono in Japan, a sari in India, get their hair braided in Africa…
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Dry Clean Only
After a lengthy and always expensive visit home, spending several months in South East Asia was a much needed break for my budget.…
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Animals Are People Too
Travelers have a different responsibility to the world than that of mere tourists. If you call yourself a traveler, you can't…
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Comparing Waterfalls
I've been lucky enough to have seen the world's most incredible waterfalls in person and just like it's impossible for…
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A Thanksgiving Listicle
Nothing is more American than Pumpkin flavored everything and BuzzFeed type lists trying to pass as news articles. So in an effort…
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Overstayed Welcome
Being back in the states is exhausting. I've gone 6 months without small talk and it's been glorious! -That's 6 months…
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I Know Stuff
As a journalist turned gypsy, I've been traveling the world and telling the stories. I've stayed on yachts, in luxury resorts,…
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Solo Travel: The New Olympic Sport
When it comes to achieving your goals, dedication is always the key to success. But one of the biggest lessons I've learned is…
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Pura Vida
I just celebrated my two year travelversary. That's 24 months of continuous travel, minus the few weeks every six months that…
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South America By Bus
After some relatively short bus rides in Peru and Bolivia, It was time to trim the fat in my travel expenditures and opt for long…
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American Passports Are Not Desirable
When deciding on what countries I would visit while traveling around South America, I didn't think politics would come into play.…
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Adventures In High Altitude
Taking time off from traveling during the holidays has had clear and disappointing effects on this leg of my trip. I got soft. In…
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Please Don't Bite Me
A message meant for the Zika Virus carrying mosquitos of South America, but also applicable in social situations. I have no idea how…
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Still Chasing Summer
It's rare that I get to spend so much time in one place. Usually finances, flights and friends keep me moving on before I've…
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Down Under Dirty Thirty
There's such a stigma attached to turning the big 3.0. Saying goodbye to your 20's and ushering in this new decade of actual…
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How Old Is Your Travel Baby?
I've always found it annoying when parents use a number of months when referencing the age of their spawn. "Little Bradley…
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Cecil And The Holocaust
I was scrolling through Facebook on my way to Auschwitz, as you do… and as I was reading a post about people caring too little or…
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The Brass Tax
After a brief regrouping stateside, I hit Europe again. Pressing restart on my world clock. When I ended the first year of my journey…
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The Year In Review
Welp, it happened. I said I would travel the world for a year, and I did. But let me fill you in on a little secret… I have a lot…
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Walk Like An Egyptian
My time in the Middle East has come to an end. At least for now. Egypt was my last stop before what I thought was a much needed break…
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My Arab Spring
The Middle East is such a shit show right now. Even when I was working in the news business I could barely keep track of what acronym…
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Kia Ora
I ended up only spending two weeks in New Zealand instead of a planned three. I had a plane ticket already booked out of Middle Earth…
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Aussie As
I've always had a certain stereotype in my mind about Australians, specifically the men. I assumed that like attractive American…
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A Piece Of My Heart
It's my last day in Thailand and when I leave, a little piece of my heart will remain here. I have a lot of spare pieces to go…
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Same Same, But Different
"Same same," is a common saying among the Thai people. They use it when trying to give an example of how something they are…
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The 7 Month Itch
Just a month ago I was home in the states and now I'm half way around the world again ramping up for the next 6+ months of continuous…
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Dubai: It's Like Vegas, With Prayer…
From the moment I saw a time-lapse video of a city popping out of the desert, I knew I needed to see it in person. Dubai is the perfect…
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WWJD Part 2
When I said it, the taxi driver just stared at me and said nothing. Daring me to say it again with his eyes, but hoping he heard me…
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What Would Jesus Do? Part 1
When you grow up in America, you aren't use to people asking you about religion or politics. Bringing up either of those topics…
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Mish Arabiyah
I've had a love/hate relationship with the Arab side of my heritage for as long as I can remember. When you grow up in a predominantly…
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Birthday Ink
I'm now in the last year of my 20's and I couldn't be happier. Despite my many issues with the politics and religion of…
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Get Off My Lawn!
My birthday is coming up and I'll be 29. Only one year away from the big 3 0. But I've never been one of those women obsessed…
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Choose Life
The last couple weeks have been both challenging and reaffirming. It's one thing to miss your friends and family when things are…
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What's Your Number?
I've been traveling abroad for three months now and the running tally I have on flights and countries has grown to the point where…
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A Vacation From My Vacation
After a whirlwind few weeks of yachting, partying and drinking way too much, I decided it was time for a break. A vacation from my…
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Is One Year Enough?
When I started planning this world tour, I was focused on being able to travel for a full year, uninterrupted. I saved and budgeted…
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Two Months and 10 Countries
I'm more than two months into my Journey and in true Gypsy form I've been covering plenty of ground. In just eight weeks I…
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Ramadan-ish
Being in Turkey for two weeks during Ramadan has been an eye opening experience. Growing up in America with a Catholic Arab father…
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The Turkey Trot
Turkey is in Europe? You could have fooled me. Europeans enjoy a fairly progressive and free spirited lifestyle. They aren't hung…
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Swedish Summer
From the moment I got to Sweden, it was very obvious my time there was going to be an exercise in both self confidence and self control.…
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HighJinx on the High Seas
I'm now back on land after spending 14 days on the Royal Princess. (I can account for about 10 of those days.) There's something…
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Don't Call It A Boat
I'm 20 days into my trip and I've already been to five countries. By the one month mark I'll have visited nine. At this…
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The Start of Something Good
I've survived my first full week of travel abroad, despite the best efforts of some would-be couch surfing hosts. I arrived in…
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The Journey Begins
It's finally here. The day I embark on my year long journey around the world. All the saving and planning is over. I've said…
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Preparing For Wanderlust
A day doesn't go by without someone asking me when I'm leaving for my trip and where I'm going first. I'm hoping I'll…
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Tattoos and Tumors
My mom drove down to LA today from where I grew up in the Central Valley to get a tattoo. On her chest. My ultra conservative, Fox…
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Senior Will
As I leave the Entertainment field, I feel it's my duty to provide some parting words of wisdom to the wayward celebrities I've…
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Quarter Life Crisis
I'm of the generation that everyone before me hates, myself included - but only in dating situations, or trying to make plans…
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Embracing The Crazy
When I decided about a year ago, that I wanted to quit my very secure job as a national network news reporter to travel the world,…
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