Around the World in 100 Days

It has been just over three months since my adventure around the world. I have hesitated to write this entry for a while. Part of me has w...

Really? Is this what you want to ask me when I get home? As many of you have read, I have favorite aspects of things that I have experienc...

Happy Dinner is this funny phrase that my friends and I said all throughout Egypt. The reason why comes from our overnight train to Luxor f...

As a woman, I was both warned and concerned about traveling in Egypt. In order to save money, my friends and I planned to travel independen...

I had my BIRTHDAY in CROATIA!!! It was AWESOME!! Honestly, I could not have asked for a better birthday. We began the day (our second day ...

In Turkey, I visited Izmir, Ephesus, Pamakkule and Istanbul. I think Istanbul may be my favorite city in the world. It was so interesting ...

As I am sitting in an internet cafe in Barcelona, Spain, I will try to update briefly my time in Egypt. As you may have read, my computer i...

I am very sorry that I have not updated recently... i wish I could.. my computer has crashed and the journals and blogs that I wrote on my c...

In both Vietnam and India, I participated in service visits. In Vietnam, I went through Semester at Sea, but in India, I went by myself. I...

The night after my visit to the Taj Mahal, we traveled on an overnight train to Varanasi (my favorite city in India, so far). The train was...

I haven’t updated about India yet because there is just so much to say. India really stole my heart. I saw so many things that I did not e...

On our voyage from Thailand to India, we had to pass through the Strait of Malacca, which is the most pirated area in the world! There were...

So my first day in Thailand was the most stressful day that I have had on this whole trip. We did not clear the ship until about 2:15 pm. ...

More than anywhere else we have been, Vietnam was real. My visit to Vietnam showed me how so many people in the world actually live. Peopl...

At this point, we are on the way to Thailand and I am so excited about it. It is amazing that two days ago, I left Vietnam and now I am on ...

As I stepped off of the plane in Hong Kong, I felt like I was back in the United States. Hong Kong is truly so westernized that it is diffi...

We arrived in Beijing a little later than expected because the flight (for whatever reason) was delayed from Qingdao. When we got there the...

Qingdao is the port city that we docked in. This was not what I expected at all. The whole experience in Qingdao was literally culture sho...

Now I know why the Bible says, “Blessed are the peacemakers…” (Jesus, Sermon on the Mount). Anyone who sees Hiroshima, Japan knows why peac...

Japan is amazing – I loved it!! I also adore the Japanese people. They are so kind, welcoming, and helpful. This conclusion is not just f...