Shire to Erebor

Japan: Kamakura

I had a couch surfer named Ale come today (or rather meet up with us later after lots and lots of trouble)! She spoke spanish and pretty good english, so I practiced my long forgotten spanish with her and it felt pretty cool.

25 hour stopover In Abu Dhabi

How I spent 25 hours in Abu Dhabi in luxury!

Spain: Barcelona, Foodie

The Barcelona USE-IT map is I think a bit outdated. So some of the places that it suggested that we visit were gone or closed. But! For some of the foods, just save it until you get to La Boqueria. Located by the main touristy road, this huge market sells great deals of…

Argentina: Córdoba

I originally didn’t know about Cordoba. My uneducated self didn’t know it was such a large (second largest in Argentina actually) city, and came her just for the farm that I would work in. But due to communication issues, I ended up getting three extra days (3 more than planned 0 days) in the…

Peru: Ica & Huacachina

Besides Lima and Cusco up north, many of the other cities seem to be small and not quite developed, from what we’ve seen on our drive down. The closest city to Paracas was Ica, where we arrived late at night. The hotel said they lost our reservation made on Expedia because we made it too…

Alaska — Spring Break 2014: Day 0

I wasn’t at Lloyd dinner the day Monica made an announcement asking people if they wanted to go to…

Korea: Seoul

Seoul is more like a conglomerate of different baby cities than just a regular old city — like Los Angeles. Except the public transportation is done so well here!

Alaska: Day 8: Ice Fishing take 2

Planner Grace strikes today. People were being confused on how to get the dog sledding schedule to…

England: Stonehenge

A must visit for tourists is Stonehenge! I went with a student tour group, and had audioguides to use. But audioguides are free to download on a smartphone.