Blog: Travel
Jun 15, 2015
Given the fact that I’m Jewish and my family is from New York, it’s a bit shameful that I’ve only been there a handful of times, the last of which was when I was 16 years old. Going back this time around at 23 was very different – I was more...
Jun 9, 2015
Exactly one year ago today I was alone on a one-way flight to Vietnam, forcing myself to eat a part of the weird sushi and raw fish lunch the flight attendants had served lest I pass out from hunger (I hate fish) while pretending not to recognize that I was the ONLY...
Sep 26, 2014
You’re on the beach in Vietnam getting to know one of the guys you would end up spending the next month backpacking with. You start talking about school and work experiences, and mention that you took classes to learn two languages while in college. He’s...
Aug 26, 2014
Ho Chi Minh started off on a great note because when we left at 8am Chris guessed we would arrive at 4:12pm, and we arrived at exactly 4:12. We gave him a couple minutes to soak in the glory and then cut him off. Soon, Izzie, Chris, and I stopped in a bar and let...
Aug 25, 2014
We showed up to Nha Trang in the morning after a long and thankfully uneventful night bus, and thus began our search for a place to stay. Had I still been traveling alone, I definitely would have booked a hotel the night before I arrived, but since I was with the...
Aug 25, 2014
I will try to recount Hoi An in chronological order, but as you will come to realize, I spent most of my time there drunk or drugged out of my mind. Curious? Read on, dear friend. Rachel, one of my travel buddies from the Buffalo Run, and I checked into our hostel in...
Aug 25, 2014
The beautiful thing about traveling is that it’s super easy to make friends. Everyone is likeminded and there to have a good time, so it’s pretty rare that you feel excluded or like the odd one out. Still, asking to tag along with an already defined group...
Aug 25, 2014
Okay, I’m just going to start this off with what we’re all thinking: I am the worst blogger in the history of bloggers. I am aware. BUT to be fair, the Bluetooth keyboard for my iPad broke while I was traveling and I’m 100% certain that Satan himself...
Jul 15, 2014
1. You haggle over the equivalent of $.50 in broken English while dripping sweat. But you’re going to WIN, dammit. 2. Sometimes you eat or drink at places solely for the free and kinda consistent wifi. “What’s your wifi password?”...
