Welcome perspective employers to my travel blog. I know it's not as traditional as most PR blogs, but it's what I love and it's something I'm proud of. I recently returned from an one year trip around the world that spanned three continents. I think that this, along with my other qualifications set me apart from most job seekers out there. During my year abroad I learned valuable lessons from each country I visited and I believe that my travel blog is a great window into the person I am and why I would make the best employee for your company. So here it goes... 15 countries in One Year and 15 Reasons Why I Would Make the Best Employee: 1. Japan: The Japanese have a huge level of respect for their culture and for their ... read more

"There are no foreign lands. It is the traveler only who is foreign.” - Robert Louis Stevenson So many times over this past year we have felt this foreign feeling. Now, being home, broke and jobless... I take the time to reflect on these moments. Number of Continents Visited: 3 Number of Countries Visited: 16 (In chronological order: Mexico, Japan, China (Tibet), Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Bolivia, Peru) Number of Cities Visited: 81 Number of Flights Taken: 20 Number of Trains Taken: 7 Number of Boats Taken: 4 Number of Car Rides: 5 Number of Buses: Too many to count Longest Bus Ride: 30 hours (El Calafate-Bariloche) Worst Trip to Get to a Destination: 15 hrs from Luang Prabang to Thai Border, waiting for border to open, local ... read more

Another overnight bus brought us to Cusco. At least we made it and weren’t postponed more than a day due to the strikes. We were tired and cranky from lack of sleep, but we checked into the hostel and waited for Chris to wake up. I could not take one more free breakfast that consisted of bad coffee, bread and butter so I wanted to hit up McDonald’s for some pancakes. When Chris woke up we decided we were going to switch rooms. He had some loud people in his room for one particular country and we decided that we need good sleep before the Inca trail, so we paid the extra few soles and switched to a quieter room. Then it was pancake time! That day we took it easy because we were pretty tired. ... read more

All went well when returning from Rurrenabaque. Our flight left on time, we arrived on time in La Paz, went back to get our big bags from Wild Rover and caught a taxi to catch a bus to Copacabana and Lake Titicaca. All went well until our taxi was caught in one of the many La Paz protests. We sat for about 15 minutes waiting for the people to clear out of the street, but when it didn’t happen our driver took measures into his own hands. Up onto the sidewalk we went, driving maybe 100 feet on the sidewalk, honking at pedestrians until we finally reached the street again. Go cabbie! We arrived at the cemetery in La Paz, where we picked our bus up from and paid our fare and got on. We didn’t ... read more

After a long overnight bus to La Paz, we checked into Wild Rover hostel. Well... we couldn´t check in until 1pm and it was 7am so we didn´t really check in, we more hung out in the TV room and fell asleep on the couches. I guess it didn´t seem weird because there were still people awake at the hostel. I don´t mean getting up for the morning, I mean still awake from the night before. Immediately, the cocaine culture was present and at times I felt as if I was the only traveler not coked out of my mind. That is not my idea of fun. I mean I enjoy the occasional night out drinking, but staying up all night on drugs is not my idea of fun. Neither is hanging out with people like ... read more

We left San Pedro de Atacama at 8am on a bus to the Bolivian border. Chris was still not feeling 100% but we were not able to switch our tour day to the next day to give him a day to feel healthy. So whether he liked it or not, we were off. Both Hadyn and the Kiwi couple (Clint and Shannon) joined us for the trip, so we were set. We arrived at the Bolivian border at 9am and were all ready to get stamped in to Bolivia. Americans have to pay a $135 Visa fee for Bolivia, but we were told by the Bolivian consulate in Mendoza, Argentina that we could do this at the border. So when we were arrived, we were ready to fork over some cash and get into Bolivia. Then ... read more