These eco-friendly travel products will change your life for the better. Why, you ask? Because once you start using these eco-friendly products for travel, you will never go back. And incorporating these sustainable items into your everyday life will not only change your world for the better; it will change the world for the …
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The day we completed our pilgrimage on the Camino de Santiago was surreal. We couldn’t believe we were heading out on the last day, the 35th day of our pilgrimage, and that that we would arrive in Santiago de Compostela that very afternoon. We woke up in Pedrouzo giddy with excitement and literally skipping …
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This is it. The hike when I learned never to risk running out of water. When I got quite lost hiking Coronado National Memorial on what was supposed to be an easy outing near the border between the United States and Mexico in Southwest Arizona, I tried hard not to panic. But that was …
When I set out to walk 500 miles across Spain on the Camino de Santiago, I didn’t even own a backpack. Nope, I borrowed my dad’s pack and he gave me his own survival kit, which, thankfully, I never had to use. It wasn’t until I got back to the United States and continued …
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The Kecak Fire Dance is a Balinese Hindu ritual that is now more of a performance for tourists than it is a sacred dance performed in temples. For that reason, I was a little hesitant to attend what is now more commonly called the Balinese Monkey Chant. But my tour guide, who became a …
If hiking the Grand Canyon is on your bucket list but you only have a short amount of time, the South Kaibab Trail to Skeleton Point is for you! One of the most iconic day hikes of the Grand Canyon, the South Kaibab Trail has plenty of convenient turnaround points. If you have half …
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