My Travel Blog

Welcome to my blog o' travel. Below are photos and stories from short and long travel adventures (and blunders) from near and far. Ever since family road trips as a child, usually careening through the deserts of the southwest U.S. in the backseat of a Pinto, I've enjoyed seeing new places.

I'm an introvert, easily overwhelmed, somewhat paranoid, not particularly athletic, picky about public toilets, and have been described as "wimpy". Seems like I don't have the ideal personality for exploring other countries, especially alone, but for some reason, I keep on doing it. I find wandering aimlessly in random cities to be immensely enjoyable. I read travel blogs, study maps, devour guidebooks and can Google Earth quite happily for hours. Even when the thought of trying something new is intimidating, I just go and do it, mostly so I don't regret it later. And I'm always glad I went! There's always a story to tell.

Some well-timed opportunities, lucky chances and reliable cars got me to where I wanted to go, but the farther I go, the more I realize I have hardly scratched the surface of all the amazing things in the world there are to see and do. The list of places I want to see grows every time I leave my front door and go in a different direction than usual.