WHOA! Without my knowledge, I have become the face of a restaurant advertisement in West Africa?! Late last night I received a shocking message from my friend Alicia, who had been traveling in Africa.… [Read More]
Ghana Volunteering
A Secret To Happy Pregnancy From West Africa Travel
Now halfway through my pregnancy, everything is suddenly so much better. Why? Because I finally realized something. This requires a travel metaphor to explain. When I lived in Ghana, West Africa in… [Read More]
The Power of One Cheesy 80s Song During World Travel
“Rains Down in Africa” by Toto Travels With Me! One of the few songs I had on my small, cheap computer to travel around the world for 9 months was “Rains Down in Africa”… [Read More]
From Hot Ghana Sweat to Giant Snow Banks, a Year Apart
It is difficult to write this because the heat has been broken in my apartment for five hours, and my bones (finger-bones included) are now ice-encrusted. Maybe you’ve heard: we’ve had a liiiittle bit… [Read More]
8 Great Cities of RTW Travel to Actually Move To and Live
I had a lot of reasons for leaving my career and home to travel around the world in August of 2009, and one of them was a vision of starting a new life abroad.… [Read More]
The 10 Most Yummy Foods of World Travel 2010
I have another piece entitled: “The 7 Most Delicious Foods of Around the World 2009.” Yum! Now another year of voracious eating has passed, bringing my munching mouth through Ghana, Spain, Portugal, New York,… [Read More]