Before I came to Thailand, well before I even committed to the idea of it, I hung my finger on the travel trigger. Mostly the…
First Time Traveler
What to Expect from Your First Month in Thailand: A First-Time Traveler’s Reaction
In reflecting on my time here so far, I’m amazed at how quickly I’ve grown to feel comfortable and fall in love with Thailand. It…
I am writing to you from a very empty apartment in Yangon, Myanmar, and I am a couple of days away from starting my new…
It’s hard to go from doing field research on elephants to sitting in front of a desk trying to write a history essay.

Moving to Sweden; The Kind of Scared You Get When You Are About to Drop Over the First Hill on a Rollercoaster
Although I am scared, I am so excited to see what this next 5 months will be like. The next two days I have a…
So you dream of a life teaching English in Europe. You imagine sitting at a sidewalk cafe in Paris after teaching a class, or walking…
My name is James and I am a rising 9th grader from Virginia. I can’t believe it but I just finished 6 weeks in Salamanca,…
For a little over a week I’ve been volunteering in Sri Lanka with the Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society and it has been one of…
If I could recommend any advice from my perspective is to not put too much stress over the decision to take the leap. The beautiful…
Amongst the array of feelings that I have about this experience, the only thing that is not floating in my mind is any form of…