Ginger Without Borders

Four years ago, after my first year in University, one of my university friends and I toured the north of Italy together. During that trip, we got the chance to visit Venice – only we couldn’t afford to stay in the city, so we only spent about 8hrs there. In those 8 hours, I fell…

Update on my travel life: While planning my trip, I realized train travel through Eastern Europe (at least on the route that I had planned) is damn near impossible. Just to get from Bratislava to Budapest, you either have to take a 3-hour bus (bear in mind, I hate taking buses long distances. I get car…

During my trip, there are two things I have struggled with: my backpack, and my hair – aptly named ‘the Lion’s Mane’ because of its resemblance to Simba. As most people know, I have always struggled with my hair. When I was about 11 years old (6th grade), I got so tired of the tangly…

A few weeks ago I alluded to my struggle with my backpack. Its a 65L+15 (aka its 65L and can expand to 80L, only really it is 70L) that is basically as big as I am. Over the course of the past 40 days, the backpack and I have struggled with each other. Not only…

A few weeks ago, while sitting in a hostel room with my new friends Daisy and Jess, I received an email that blew up my life plan for the next year and a half. My new unfortunate reality: the teaching program I was set to participate in while in Colombia has been cancelled for this…