It has been a while since I posted anything on this blog. Although, I never consistently posted in the first place. The original intention of this blog was intended to be a learning space. I needed to build a wordpress site to practice wordpress. I needed a reason to create designs to practice designs in Illustrator and Photoshop. When I first built the site, I anticipated it to be updates about projects I was currently working on. I had no intention of leaving 12 ...
Today marks the two weeks since I moved to Kuala Lumpur! When I started telling people that is where I would be going next, the typical response was, "Wait, what?? You are moving there?" And yes, I have moved here! I have a year long lease for an apartment near the city center with new roommates I found on Facebook. I knew one person before moving here. The days leading up to the move, I was more stressed and nervous than before any other big ...
The last time I visited Europe I paid $1,800 for a roundtrip flight from Atlanta to Milan. This trip, I flew from A New York to Oslo to Bangkok to Kiev to Miami for only $1000, less than one round-trip ticket to Italy. While I was traveling, multiple people asked me if I bought one of the "Around the World Plane tickets" or how I afforded all these trans-continental flights. The answer: Fly with flexible dates and flexible destinations. And, I fly Norwegian Air whenever possible. These methods ...
I spent just under a month backpacking in Myanmar, starting in Mandalay and ending in Yangon where I did my 10 Day Vipassana Meditation Course. It is a beautiful country. Here is a small selection of photographs from my journey there.
While traveling in Southeast Asia, I knew I wanted to do some kind of meditation or yoga retreat, but I wasn't sure exactly what I wanted to do yet. In Koh Tao, I met another solo-traveller who had just completed a 10-day Vipassana meditation retreat in Yangon, Myanmar. Her experience fascinated me. I couldn't believe she went 10 days without speaking. I wondered, could I do that? To remain silent for 10 days sounded impossible! And during a Vipassana retreat I would also fast ...
The Motorbike Guide to Thailand Motorbikes may be the best (and cheapest) way to get around the cities in Thailand for a tourist, but a lot of backpackers are nervous about renting a scooter. I loved my motorbike experiences in Thailand, but I spoke to a lot of other travelers before renting my first scooter to make sure I did it right as there were plenty of stories of being scammed or falling. When I first arrived in Bangkok, I saw ...
The first city of our trip in Thailand was Bangkok. I have only a few pictures worth posting because I honestly we didn’t see much that I wanted to capture. I was in Bangkok for a total of 3 days, and I can easily sum up those three days in 3 words. Sweaty, Smelly, and Lost. This was my first lesson in rather or not one should plan their trip. We didn’t have any plans for travel in Bangkok. while ...
Total milage: 10 miles Total fun: 1 billion units of FUN! And here is the GoogleMaps route! *** Note about the map: Eventually GoogleMaps wouldn't allow me to make any more changes to the route... so it is a very rough outline of a route through Boulder. But it does include Boulder bike paths! Yay! :) Order of Breweries: 1. Boulder Beer 2. Sanitas Brewing Company 3. Twisted Pine 4. Upslope 5. Wild Woods 6. BRU 7. Fate 8. Mountain Sun Pub and Brewery 9. Walnut Brewery BONUS BREWERY: If you are like us and live in South ...
I was told that once you gaze upon the Flatirons you are destined to return to Boulder. Well, I hiked to them. I gazed at them. So let's see if its true. One of the most classic hikes in Boulder, if you only have one day here, this is the one I would recommend. You have a steep incline and great views of Boulder from the top with a fairly short distance of hiking. It is a 2.6 mile hike and fairly ...
Mount Sanitas Loop: 3.1 miles Elevation gain: 1343 feet Difficulty: Moderate When choosing a city I wanted to move to, the proximity of the mountains was a huge draw for Boulder. I love both hiking and skiing, and I want to share my hiking adventures and recommendations here. Plus, I bought the book Plants of the Rocky Mountains, so here is my attempt at a plant identification hobby! I hiked up the Mount Sanitas Ridge trail and then took the Mount Sanitas East Ridge ...