Travel Hacks for a Life After Remote Year Our final month of Remote Year begins in less than 1 week and the tears are already starting to flow. While the last 11 months have been nothing short of incredible, most of us are bracing for real life to Continue Reading A New Zealand Love Song The nighttime howl of a hound dog kept me awake last night. It pulled at my heart strings and sent my own dogs (Chewie and Rula, my house sitting mates this week) barking. It was also a keen reminder that Continue Reading Creative Travel Through House Sitting A home in Portland, Oregon
Recently, I became obsessed with traveling the world for free. I wanted to continue to travel without the stress of having my savings account dwindle. My goal was to lead an interesting Continue Reading Bears in Alaska: Advice from a Passing Stranger Turnagain Arm below, Windy Point trail ahead
On a very narrow hiking trail overlooking Turnagain Arm, arguably the most scenic highway in the US (a stretch of road from Anchorage towards the Kenai Peninsula), I met a guy named Continue Reading A Guide to Christchurch, New Zealand I was nervous about my trip to Christchurch, New Zealand. The more people I talked to, the more I regretted having booked a 10-day house sit there. “There’s not much to do…” “It’s still being rebuilt from the earthquake…” “You Continue Reading Native Alaskans and The Anchorage Museum Life in the Arctic
Adrenaline floods your body as you throw back the blankets of animal furs and climb into the cold air. It’s 3am. The sounds of drumbeats and men yelling ‘it’s time to hunt!’ seem to be coming from Continue Reading
ABOUT ME
Posts from 1+ Years of Travel
50,000 miles, 23 countries, 5 continents... and almost 2 years later. I've left the corporate world (and the US) to experience life.
One of my first interviews out of college was on the floor of the American Stock Exchange in New York City. After spending a frenzied hour in the QQQ (or...
Summer in Alaska? A house sitter opportunity titled ‘Summer in Alaska?‘ caught my eye. Is that a rhetorical question? I applied and was accepted, securing a trip to Alaska after...
The nighttime howl of a hound dog kept me awake last night. It pulled at my heart strings and sent my own dogs (Chewie and Rula, my house sitting mates...
A few weeks ago at the Nelson airport, something strange happened… and by strange, I mean amazing. When checking in for my flight, I wasn’t asked for a ticket or...
I was nervous about my trip to Christchurch, New Zealand. The more people I talked to, the more I regretted having booked a 10-day house sit there. “There’s not much...
It had just rained torrentially for 5 days straight in Cairns, Australia. Even for a rainforest’s standards, the volume was record-breaking. The Cairns Community Facebook Page was overloaded with locals...
New Zealand is known as the adventure capital of the world. I remember my older brother talking about his trip here in the early 90’s and what stayed with me...