The Dancing Backpacker

One year ago I over packed two large duffel bags, flew to San Diego and hopped on a bus to Mexico to begin one of the best experiences of...

So I thought I would talk a little bit more about life on a ship. This will actually be an extension of an article I wrote for the Pine...

Even though I am officially caught up on my blogs, I still plan on still writing some about life on a ship, and culture shock and...

Although we ended our voyage in England, the amount of time SASers spent traveling after the voyage varied greatly. I stayed in London...

Morocco was amazing. I was really excited for the camel trek I signed up for, and it was definitely one of the most interesting...

"What are you Ghana do in Ghana?" asked my brother for the fourth time from the other side of the world through a badly connected phone...

My adventures in South Africa were possibly some of the most unexpected experiences of my voyage. Because it was so far down on the...

Mauritius was another one day wonder that I wish I could have spent more time at (like Hawaii). The day went by so fast and I saw such a...

I downloaded some music before I left for my trip and downloaded Spotify while I was in Myanmar due to music withdrawl. Anyway, this...

India was beautiful and eye opening. It was a place full of bright colors and spicy food, but also so much more. My first day we walked...

Mee-ann-mar. Me-er-mar. My-an-mar. Or Burma. These are just some of the ways I've heard this country identified. The story behind the...

Vietnam was beautiful chaos. We arrived a day late due to strong winds that forced us to stay in Hong Kong an extra day (sadly we were...

Hello! I am alive! Because of unreliable Wifi and massive amounts of schoolwork and other things I have not been able to update this blog...

So it has been awhile since I have posted! Since I finally have somewhat reliable Wifi, I will catch you up on China! We rolled up on...

I am currently sitting at a Starbucks in Hong Kong, but I thought I would reflect a little on the last port we went to- Japan! For the...

Hawaii was amazing! Instead of doing a blog post, I am just going to share the aricle I sent in to 'The Pine Log' for the "Lumberjacks...

So it has been a little more than a week since I boarded The World Odyssey and it feels like it has been a lot longer (and I mean that in...

San Diego was great! We got there on Jan. 2nd, three days before The World Odyssey took off towards the somewhat stormy waters between...

Tomorrow is the day! I can't help feeling like an old time explorer adventuring into the unknown (even though the places I'm going have...

A question I forgot to answer in my previous post was, of course, "Where all am I going"? Here is my itinerary for this semester. I am in...