I couldn’t help but think to myself, “Am I truly this blessed? Have I ever in my single adult travelers life felt so at peace with the world?”… This moment, gazing out into the crystal waters of Lake Malawi was the most spoiled and personally fulfilled I have ever felt. Normally a family and honeymooners …
To anyone who thinks of wandering…
After grad school, I worked in a basement office with no windows and no ventilation. I had convinced myself that sitting in front of my computer and never seeing the sunlight was helping me achieve career goals. But all I managed to do was bitch every day about how stifled I was - how little …
7 reasons you should backpack in Africa instead of Europe
As I sit here looking out over a green mountain that rolls into the sea, the music at the bar plays Milky Chance and I have a Savannah cider (that I paid $1 for) in my hand – I can’t believe how lucky I am. My fellow travelers here are from all over the world …
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5 Step Plan for Moving Abroad in 1 week
10 days ago I decided to pack up my relatively settled California life and take a job with a responsible safari company in Lilongwe, Malawi. As I sit here having completed my third full day of work - I still feel as though I'm living in some sort of alternate reality. Although I have traveled …