I know I am behind on writing about Indonesia, and I am very sorry, but it is difficult to keep up on blogging sometimes when you are on the go, with limited wifi. I am now in New Zealand, but I still plan on pumping these out. Two weeks ago, I spent a week on…
Being American.
I have had this post in the back of my mind for a very long time, now I am sitting in the Tan Son Airport in Ho Chi Minh City, waiting to board my flight out of Vietnam, so I figure I now is probably the time. Before I get on with the purpose of…
Langkawi, Malaysia
Last weekend, I took a trip to Lankgawi. Before this semester, I had never heard of Langkawi, but through some searching on Google of “places to visit in Southeast Asia”, I happened upon it. Langkawi is a small island, off the coast of Malaysia, in the gulf of Thailand. You can actually see Thailand from…
Some Current Reflections
As the semester begins to draw to a close, I am engulfed in a continuous maze of mixed feelings toward what is to come. I know I missed a week of writing, but as it is in Chicago when the end of the semester draws near, work tends to pile on more heavily than usual,…
Food Poisoning, Genocide, and Angkor Wat.
Gonna just say first and foremost, congratulations to the Cubs. This is the first time I have actually been salty to not be in Chicago. But I’m in Vietnam, so it’s not actually THAT horrible… Anyway, don’t get me wrong by reading the title of this post, I loved Cambodia. It’s by far one of…
Thailand, round 2.
It’s crazy that as I am sitting here, writing about my last trip, I just finished packing for my next trip. Tomorrow, we head off to Cambodia, even though I feel like I just got back from Thailand. This semester is awesome. I loved Thailand so much the first time, that I just felt like…
Northern Vietnam
We arrived in Hanoi in the early evening, checked into our hotel, and immediately set off to get some Bun Cha (noodles with pork) and spring rolls. Bun Cha is one of the many foods that Hanoi is famous for. My immediate reaction to Hanoi was that I was glad that I am living in…
Hue, Hoi An, and Da Nang
Just a short three days after returning back to Sai Gon from Thailand, I found myself on another plane, this time flying towards Hue, in central Vietnam. I am now on my program’s “North and Central Regions Trip” which essentially means that I am on Fall break, which essentially means that this semester is almost…
Chiang Mai
This past weekend, I got another stamp on my passport, as we headed to Chiang Mai, Thailand. After a hectic week in Ho Chi Minh City, I was more than ready for this get away. Chiang Mai is a place that I have had on my bucket list for years, mainly because elephants. We left…
What the f*ck is going on?
Please keep in mind as I write this, that I am currently sitting in the Bitexco Financial Building at a Coffee Bean and Tea Leaf, and am extremely frustrated. Though traveling in a new place is 99% of the time, a complete and utter high, there is that 1% of the time when the fact…
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