In Asia/ Indonesia/ Travel Planning Color-Filled Days: Nusa Lembongan In the early evening hours, I rode a red and white bike with a basket attached to the handlebars that I had rented from… Continue Reading →
In Africa/ Democratic Republic of Congo/ Travel Planning A Brief Stay in La Republique Democratique du Congo A few months before I began “la grande aventure,” my sister gave me the Washington Post‘s special travel section on Africa. The front page… Continue Reading →
In Africa/ Botswana/ Malawi/ Namibia/ Rwanda/ Tanzania/ Travel Planning/ Zambia Travel Notes: Bus Travel in Africa Traveling overland in Africa is tough for many reasons–it can be hot, crowded, dirty and long–very long. Nonetheless, I wanted the more local experience… Continue Reading →
In Packing/ Travel Planning What’s in My Bag, You Ask? I had big dreams of going ultra-light on my travels, both to give myself the mobility I prefer and to save more wear and… Continue Reading →