Travel Adventures

I39ve been to Bangkok a couple of times in my life but have never ventured far out of the city. So this trip is fantastic in that it allows me to spend a decent amount of time exploring Thailand.And so far I39m having a great timeYesterday was my first full day in Chiang Mai. I was slightly zombielike for most of the day since I didn39t get much sleep on the train from Bangkok but ma

Zaragoza was a city that we hadn39t really given much thought to. Students seem to say that it39s ok but unless you39re from there nobody particularly seemed to care. Fellow teachers however raved about it. Who were we to pass off the opportunity to and see for ourselves.As has been our routine we opted for the comfort of an NH Hotel. There are several to choose from in the city but

I’ve been sitting on this announcement for weeks, and I’m really thrilled to finally share my news with you guys! Since the day I started this website, nearly 4 years ago, I’ve wanted to write a book, or maybe eventually a lot of books. As it turns out with everything in life, follow through is a lot harder than just having big ideas. I never really had time to sit down and put something together that I thought was worthy. Then, opportunity fell in my lap. Thought Catalog, a website I really enjoy and admire, got in touch with me about joining their new e-publishing program. It seemed like as good a time as ever so I went to work. I pulled some of my favorite blog posts from Twenty-Something Travel, and cobbled them into a story of sorts. The articles are all pulled from this website, but most have been rewritten with juicy new details and insights- kind of like a remix. After a stressful month of re-writing, editing and a handful of panic attacks I’m really pleased to share the finished product with you guys:  So what’s it about? A Year Without Make-Up is a series of articles about my first year of travel: the inevitable decision to quit my job, the preparations and the amazing year where I met Michael, explored South East Asia, lived in China and more. The title comes from an article I wrote fairly recently, about how I stopped wearing make-up while traveling. I chose that because I think it’s a pretty great metaphor for a lot of the changes that happened to me once I started traveling: I stopped caring so much about what other people thought and started charting my own course in life. The book is short, a lazy afternoon read, and is on sale for just $2.99. Why Should You Buy It? Here are a few reasons I came up with that you might want to support my book: You enjoy my writing style and would like to see me write more You owe me a favor and/or are related to me. You’re a more recent fan of the blog and want to see where it all started. You’re an old fan of the blog and want to reminisce about how young and stupid we all once were. You’re not a fan of this blog at all and want some hate-reading material. You like stories that involve self-discovery, romance and exotic places. You’ve got $3 to spare… did I mention it’s only $2.99? If you do buy the book it would great if you would leave a review (honest- of course!). I totally welcome any and all feedback. I’m really excited, because I see this tiny book as the start of something new and big for me; a direction I’ve always wanted to go but never had the guts. So… here’s hoping it goes well! Announcing My First Ebook: A Year Without Make-Up is a post from Twenty-Something Travel

You can add snake charming to a resume right Cause I39ve got this stuff down people The cobra was quite nice and let me pet him. No worries though no venom.....I think.

Classes went well this morning and I finally got a notebook to organize my notes in. I really like my professors because they are actually teaching me what I need to know. We have an exam on Thursday which I am really nervous about. Hopefully I will do well I found the frog at the University of Salamanca remember that story which means I should pass. After lunch we went down and explored the

If I had a dollar for every time the fire alarm went off in my building I would be able to finance another year of studying abroad. I39m not kiddingthese fire alarms are the most sensitive alarms ever and go off on almost a daily basis. Using a toaster oven sets them off. Stir fry will sometimes set them off if there is too much steam but since I can39t cook stir fry I39m safe from th

Kusadasi Turkey is the port from which you travel inland several miles to visit the ancient city of Ephesus. Other cruise ships have joined our trek and so the fellow travelers with their buses are with us as be sightsee. This is our second trip to this partially restored Greek city the first being last year in a driving rain storm. Rain accompanied us this year also but with no wind and better

It was the cuckoos familiar chant that heralded my arrival back to 17 New Tolsta pitched forward into the wind and perched on a boundary fence post its mellow voice striking out the welcome like the hourly chimes of a copiously carved black forest clock. They say it appeared early this year with the dry cold April and now with a delayed spring it still sings as this years crop of young r

I suppose that this message is overdue but its very difficult to put observations into writing especially when youre still in the process of acclimating. But Ive been in China for almost two months now so I suppose its time to give it a shot.I got into the Shanghai airport fairly late at night and my plans to meet my friend that Id be staying with were meet on the subway platf

It39s has been about a month since I completed my Instructor training here in Sydney and I have been loving every minute of it. My friends and I had some time off to hang out and take a trip to the Blue Mountians and so all the touristy things we have been wanting to do. I have found out that I am also really enjoying teaching. I39ve taught everything from Open Water Peak Performance Buoya