Continuing my week-long dream vacation in Thailand, about half of our group left Bangkok at 6 a.m. on our fourth day while the rest stayed behind to explore the city some more. I went with the group to Phuket and I am thrilled that I did.
Phuket is located right along the coast in the southern [...]

At the end of each semester in Australia there is a one week “reading break” before exams get started. Since I don’t know how to read, I rallied 16 friends and we spent our week “reading” in Thailand. The first three days and nights were spent in Bangkok.
Bangkok is an amazing city, smells horrible, but [...]

So it’s been a pretty crazy month between traveling to Thailand, Singapore, and New Zealand, finishing the semester, moving back to the states, and starting my new job with the Baltimore Examine. I will be writing updates on all of those shortly, but just to catch up I put together a little list to some [...]

It has once again been far too long since my last post, but this time I have a little more of an excuse. Two weeks ago the internet in Port Lodge unexpectedly went out. It was discovered, two days later, that the problem occurred when our household pets chewed through the cables that were connecting [...]

This Friday (April 25th) was Anzac Day in Australia. Anzac Day is held every year in memory of the combined forces of Australia and New Zealand that fought during WWI. It is a huge national pride holiday because it is considered to be one of the first elements that really pulled the Australian people together [...]

Last week no classes were held on Good Friday or the following Monday so a group of us decided to use the break to do a little exploring. Three of us left early Thursday morning for our 9:30 flight to Learmonth. We landed at the airport, which consisted of a waiting area and a baggage [...]

Half way around the world March 17th is still one of the most important days of the year. Luckily, Australians do their fair share of partying for St. Patrick. There were a few big scale celebrations going on throughout Perth but our group decided to stay in Fremantle and go to Rosie O’Grady’s - the [...]