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Travel

A collection of 16 issues

Homecoming: Reflections on Returning to Taiwan

Before returning to Taiwan, I remember telling a few friends that I still wasn’t feeling “excited” to return to Taipei. I was still having fun nomading, and though I was more tired than I realized, I didn’t want it to end.

Nomad Reprised: Reflections on Travel

Traveling abroad as a nomad again was a breath of fresh air. I had forgotten how much fun and how liberating it is to pick up and go somewhere new.

Medellín, Colombia

Narrative I lived in Medellín, Colombia for 3 months from late May until late August 2019. This post is written and published after the fact. Medellín, Colombia, (pronounced me-da-jean in the local accent) like many other places I’ve been to is a complicated place with a troubled past. To

The Story So Far

Sooo turns out I’m terrible at posting regular updates. Looks like I haven’t written much since probably July of last year. I owe an honest apology to anyone who has been waiting expectantly month after month for… silence. And I owe a genuine thank you to everyone who

Plum Village: What It's Like to Spend 2 Weeks in a Buddhist Monastery

I wrote last week about why I went to a Buddhist monastery. This week I’m writing about the experience itself. I didn’t really know what to expect when I arrived at Plum Village, a mindfulness practice center and Buddhist monastery near Bordeaux, France, but I went in hoping

Bienvenue en France

The last few months since my last entry in this series have been eventful, though, perhaps not terribly productive in a traditional sense. After a month of respite in California and then New York City, I have, at long last, made my way to France where I am endeavoring to

Saigon Serenade

Vietnam is a country with a rich but turbulent history. It’s lived through occupation by the Chinese, the French, and the Americans as recent as two generations ago. Foreign cultural influence and scars from not-yet-forgotten conflicts blend to make Saigon, known at its peak as the “Pearl of the

Chilling in Chiang Mai

It’s been about a month since I left the States, and, though I expect there will be many more twists and turns on my journey, I think I can already confidently say that leaving to travel was one of the best decisions I’ve ever made. Learning to balance

Not All Who Wander Are Lost

The adventure begins! (Not that everything before this hasn’t been its own sort of adventure.) I’m actually writing this while en route to Chiang Mai, Thailand, the first of 3 destinations in South East Asia. I’m going to be in Thailand for an entire month, and now

Japan Day 0.5: When Life Gives You Lemons... Go to a Maid Cafe

Today, life, laughing, said, “Close enough” and dumped in Tokyo instead of Taipei. Having always wanted to visit Japan, I laughed back and welcomed the opportunity to get a small taste of Tokyo before I return in 2 weeks. I got back to San Diego from Greece around 11pm on