*Sunset photo courtesy of peasap, Flickr Creative Commons When you step off into the great unknown and leave life as you know it behind, some funny things happen. For awhile, your new life is fresh and exciting. But eventually, everything–every moment that has led up to the present point in time, catches up with you. […]
Philippines
The Crocodile Farm in Puerto Princessa
If you’re ever visiting Palawan, Philippines, most likely your tiny airplane will touch down in Puerto Princessa upon arrival from Manila. Never having been on a motorized tricycle before, my first few moments in Puerto Princessa were exciting and a little crazy. The tricycle driver took off from the airport parking lot like a madman […]
Breaking Down Barriers
One of the things I love most about traveling is witnessing how people live around the world. Born with an over-active imagination, I tend to romanticize cultures before I experience them, pining away after fairy-tale-like foreign lands. As a child, with my limited world-view I used to envision Asian countries as places full of dragon […]