Hey dears! It has been roughly a year of this writing thing, aka since I embarked on my journey, and I want to thank everyone that has...

Dear Diery, I woke up this morning and walked to the grocery store because I have no food save for a packet of spicy chorizo deli meat,...

Once again I’m coming to you with a delayed toilet post. I'll get right to it. Toilets in Nepal are similar to those in India—often it is...

Sometime during my travels, surrounded by cultures that prioritize family above all else, I realized I felt wrong for not being at home...

Transparency is cool and I want to be honest about where my money comes and how much I've spent since I left home. It can be a huge...

Coming down from the Tibetan village was exhausting, both mentally and physically. I was in dire need of an easy time and it’s not often...

Where to Start!? I'm typing on a French keyboard. Here's what it looks like when I type, "Elise help, where is the damn apostrophe?"...

At Aparna’s house in Nagarkot I work with Karsang Lama—a carpenter, plumber, plasterererer, electrician, musician, and Buddhist priest of...

It’s been nearly two months since I arrived in Nepal and I’ve been learning much, about the culture and about myself. I also just learned...

This is a stream of consciousness so I hope it's a bit confusing and the right kind of thought-provoking. An exploration of solo travel...

I came to Nepal for a solar energy training program. Long story short it was cancelled In September and I didn’t know, leaving me rather...

I was only in India for a brief two weeks, but during this time I had the opportunity to see many toilets. I'll preface that all of them...

In my second post from India I’ll walk through some of the interactions I had with locals and then reflect on my overall experience. I...

I've decided to split up my posts about India into a few bits because there's a lot on my mind. This one is about the whole reason I came...

I don't have a ton to say about toilets here. They were almost always remarkably clean. They don't use toilet paper but typically have a...

This post is a few weeks late; it's been pretty hectic. But I really wanted to highlight this experience in Cambodia, working with...

In this post I’ll describe trekking in the jungle of northeastern Cambodia for three days, exploring traditional jungle survival skills,...

Anyone who travels has privilege, whether it’s financial, social, or simply the ability to move freely across borders without fear of...

As I mentioned after my time in Dublin, I particularly notice toilets while I travel--for a couple reasons: I think it’s interesting to...

In this post I will talk about my scattered last couple of weeks in Mongolia, where I lived and worked for a master calligrapher and his...

After two months in Mongolia, the engineer in me cannot help but notice all the ways Mongolians think like an engineer, starting with...

In this blog, read about my transportation across Mongolia, miscommunications, and travel to the northern Khuvsgul Lake and Bayan-Ulgii...

Updates from Mongolia, featuring my recent cultural understandings and the food we’re eating.   I write this after cleaning myself for...

Sain Noo! (Hello)   I'm now on day 17 in Mongolia! What! In this post I'll cover how I got to Mongolia, what my daily life is like, as...