Diary of a Wanderer
Thoughts, stories and observations that don't quite fall into the travel guide category. Take a peek into this diary of a wandering traveler.
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Travel Hacks: 5 Tips to Plan Your Next Trip
People often ask me how I plan for a trip. How do I know what to do, where to stay, how to get around when I travel? I tell them: “I research the…
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Am I an Adult Yet? Thoughts on my 35th Birthday
I woke up smiling, alone in my apartment in Seoul on the morning of my 35th birthday. A birthday always seems like a time to reflect on where you are and think about…
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Lunar New Year at Hong Kong’s Wong Tai Sin Temple
The Sik Sik Yuen Wong Tai Sin Temple in Hong Kong is the place to be to make your New Year's wish. The Taoist shrine is famous for making worshiper's wishes come true.…
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Running of the Bulls in Pamplona: Sangria, Goring and a Bullfight
We’ve Arrived! Equipped with only a small backpack filled with the essentials and no plan on where we were staying, we arrived in Pamplona for the Running of the Bulls at 6am, sleepless…
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Easter in Ukraine: Church and Vodka at 3 a.m.
Easter in Ukraine Yesterday, I was dropped off with my host family in a tiny Ukrainian village for two years of service in the Peace Corps. They don’t speak English, I don’t speak…
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Surviving Smuggling Babushkas: Walking from Ukraine to Poland
Walking across the border from Ukraine to Poland is infamous for its chaos, and it lived up to its reputation. The journey starts from the bus stop in Shehyni (Шегині), Ukraine. On the…
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Eight Days, Naked and Happy, at Fox Bay on the Black Sea Coast
I heard about a magical place that Peace Corps volunteers referred to as Hippie Beach, a nude beach on the Black Sea Coast of Crimea where you can camp on the beach for…
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Found in Maine: Clarity, Purpose and a New Life Direction
I set out on a solo adventure to Acadia National Park in Maine to evaluate where I was in my life and compare it to where I wanted to be. I was working…
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Koktebel Jazz Festival: Cha-Cha & Illegal Camping
A few Peace Corps friends and I went to Crimea for the Koktebel Jazz Festival, held annually on the Black Sea peninsula. We don’t have anywhere to stay and brought our tent hoping…
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Thoughts from an American Living in Korea in the time of Trump and Kim Jong-Un
Today North Korea claimed they successfully tested a hydrogen bomb, that when used in conjunction with a long-range missile could potentially reach the United States. This is the sixth test by North Korea,…
