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One Week in Luang Prabang, Laos
Saying Goodbye After an amazing 18 days with my parents traveling around Thailand and Siem Reap, Cambodia, it was finally time to part ways. However, this wasn’t the end of my traveling. I still had one week left to my school break. I decided it was the perfect opportunity to head to a new country and a city that I was eager to explore; Luang Prabang, Laos. Here is how I spent one week solo in Luang Prabang, Laos Why Luang Prabang? To be honest, prior to arriving to Southeast Asia back in 2018, I didn’t really know much about Laos. Fact is, I probably couldn’t have pointed it out on…
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It’s been hard to write…
Time flies when you’re having fun, right? In all reality, time flew by because I’ve been so busy. It’s been a challenge to want to write on my travel blog. Since returning home from Southeast Asia back in March 2020, I feel like time has just escaped me. In all honesty, returning to America came with a price. I had to start working full time again and traveling really didn’t exist. Without the ability to travel, heck, even without the thought of travel, continuing this travel blog wasn’t really exciting to me any more. I couldn’t find the words and I couldn’t even process what had happened in Vietnam (until…
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Thanks COVID-19 | An Account from a Heart Broken Traveler
What a bittersweet and semi-horrible end to an amazing 3 weeks in Vietnam, and my year and a half adventure in Southeast Asia. I’m beyond thankful that I’ve been able to travel through Vietnam for the past three weeks; two of them with two amazing British blokes (that’s the British term right?) It was nice having others to share this turmoil with in the end and the “adventures” we had since the day we met. Like disembarking our Ha Long Bay cruise to find out that Cat Ba Island is closing and there’s only one bus off the island. And the time we were half way on our bus journey…
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One Week in Luang Prabang, Laos
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#RoadTripFromSEAtoDESERT
The reality of my next unmapped adventure completely hit home, Sunday night as I laid my head down for the final time in Seattle. I know in my heart it might just been for a year, but reality is, I don’t know where my life is going to be when the end of the school year roles around. If these mapless adventures have taught me anything, it’s that nothing can be planned out. Unforeseen events can happen and life can change quickly before realizing they’ve changed. It’s one of the exciting aspects of life, knowing that things aren’t mapped out perfectly. Those unmapped adventures are what brings excitement into our worlds. Doors…
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30 Years on Planet Earth
30 years. 30 years is how long I’ve been blessed to be alive and healthy on planet earth. 30 years, I’ve been blessed to be apart of a growing family, who have done nothing but support, love, cherish, and guide me through this crazy thing called life. 30 years, I’ve spent my time growing, learning, becoming, and loving. 30 years, I’ve enjoyed exploring, searching, and trying new things. 30 years.
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A date to remember…
December 11th. December 11th. A date I wish I could take back. A date I wish I could change, but not sure I really would. I’ll explain why. This date will forever hold a special meaning to me. It came at the right moment, though not the way I would have like. It will be a date to remember, but not the good type of “date to remember”. It was a date of change, a date of “slap into reality” and a date of shame. I made a decision that night, a poor decision indeed, and chose to have a few drinks then get behind the wheel. I know what…
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A Runner’s Log: Marathon Edition
Wow oh wow those words still feel strange to say or type- I am a MARATHONER!!! I cannot believe I ran and finished a marathon. But this race report really doesn’t mean anything unless we start at the beginning, and no I don’t mean back to 2009 when I ran my first (untrained for) half marathon. Let’s start with the decision… It was a rainy May afternoon…JK. It was in May, but I don’t remember the weather, when I decided that I just needed to bite the bullet and register. Since I joined Seattle Green Lake Running Group, it’s kind of been on the back of my mind, that one…
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A Runner’s Log: Ragnar NWP Worst Pace Scenarios
When I started running with Seattle Green Lake Running Group back in 2014, I honestly had no idea what my life would become. The amount of great friends and lifetime of memories that have came from this group are limitless, but this particular weekend topped my list- Ragnar Northwest Passage weekend. Do you know what Ragnar Relay is? Well, let me explain. Ragnar is an overnight 2000ish running relay consisting of 12 team members broken into two separate vans. Each runner runs 3 legs ranging from 2-13 miles per leg totaling approximately 10-24 miles over the course of 24-36 hours (depending on how long it takes your team). I was…
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A Runner’s Log: From Injury to Completing 13.1 Miles
When I came home from Mexico in April, I knew things were going to change. Mostly because over Christmas 2013, I decided it was time to sign up for another half marathon (read about it here), which was planned for June. I was doing some running before Mexico and continued to train through the half marathon but what I wasn’t expecting was to actually enjoy/fall in love with it. I ended up signing up for ANOTHER half marathon that was scheduled for end of October and ran 2 more 5Ks between August and October. I use to hate running and these races kept me going…until one fateful weekend. It was…
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Wine and Country Music
I always tend to forget how busy my weekends can be when I plan for something months in advanced. This weekend was one of those instances. My friend and I planned back in May to head to the Columbia Gorge for a Zac Brown Band concert for the whole weekend and by the time the weekend was upon us, we had a Columbia Winery event to attend as well. Let’s start with the Columbia Winery event: This particular event was known as Swirl with your Girls and is women’s only, costume event. Within 3 minutes of arriving, we had wine glasses in our hands making our way through various booths…
