After traveling for three months there are many little things that begin to annoy you. Bad wifi at my hostel (especially during a Tar Heel game), backpackers who want money for performing a VERY marginal talent, and fucking selfie sticks are some of the more common things that began to burn my ass […]
I grew up with “fun” family vacations, sometimes including bike trips. Nothing too crazy, just an afternoon riding around Mackinac Island or Beaver Island, but my memories are primarily of me walking beside my bike with big band aids on my knees because trees/fences/rocks/people would often jump in my way causing me to fall. […]
Machu Picchu. Who hasn’t seen the photos of the idyllic Inca mountain town and talked about it in 8th grade Social Studies? It’s one of those places you learn about and seems so far away. I spent a summer in Ecuador and almost booked a flight to Cusco because I wasn’t sure if I’d ever […]