a travel blog
My first memory of traveling is tears. I was five years old and on a plane to the Philippines, and I was sobbing uncontrollably (and also vomiting from motion-sickness). My parents and I were on our way to visit my mom’s family for a month in early 1995, and I was sad to be leaving my friends and school and […]
Why do a trip like this? To live more simply. To mix up my daily routine and push myself out of my comfort zone. To take advantage of the time and place in our life. To wonder at and learn about the world around us.
When I was first thinking about the name of this travel blog, I recalled a train trip with Vikram earlier this year. As we started crossing over a body of water, I asked Vikram: “Do you know what this is?” “No. I don’t know where we are.” “Oh, I can just look it up on Google maps.” “…I prefer to […]