How does it feel to be on your own with no direction home? Like a complete unknown... How does it feel? It’s exciting. It’s scary. It’s shocking, educating, strange, lonely, ridiculous, frustrating. It’s rewarding. Thus is my life. In the past two and a half years I've lived on three different continents. Since the summer of 2009 I haven’t stayed in one place for more than 6 months at a time. The past 8 weeks I’ve been moving around so much I sometimes forget all the places I’ve been. And now I'm here in Bangkok, in my apartment, relaxing – and it feels weird. When you live a life where the only constant is inconsistency, you sometimes forget how nice it can be to stop and settle - to plant some roots, to have a schedule, ... read more

It’s so dark... Blackness… I can’t see my hand in front of my face, but there are hundreds of voices all around me. The buzz of the jungle insects is constant. It’s been like this for almost an hour when I finally begin to see the outline of the world’s largest religious structure against the dark early morning sky. The cameras start snapping pictures and they don’t stop. Slowly the towers become more visible as the darkness fades. I can now make out the banks of the reflecting pool directly in front of me. The magnificence of the temple grows as the minutes tick by, and eventually I am able to completely behold the beauty and majesty of the scene in front of me as the sun rises. This is how I began my unforgettable experience ... read more

For one week out of each of the past 14 years our family has taken a holiday ski vacation. As a rule we visit a new location with every trip, and over time we have become quite an experienced bunch of skiers/snowboarders. I won’t even try to list all the resorts we have been to, but suffice it to say that by now we have visited almost every major ski destination in western North America and many of the smaller ones as well. Last year we enjoyed a great week in South Lake Tahoe, skiing at Heavenly and Kirkwood, so this year we decided to come back and explore the north side of the scenic lake in the Sierras. Our trip began the day after Christmas. This was actually the same day a winter storm was ... read more

Upon writing this entry, I have been home from my last adventure for exactly one year to the day. The adventure I speak of was a life changing six-month study abroad experience in Valparaiso, Chile. In the time since my return I have concluded one important chapter of my life by graduating from college, but now with the prospects of grad schooling, job searching, and career building looming ever closer, I decided one last great adventure is in order before its time to get serious. So here I find myself less than two months away from leaving for Cambodia and Thailand. While abroad, I'll be working as an English teacher as a means to help with the costs of travel and also to maintain a home base in the region. I know most travelers to SE ... read more