Nepal is a dream destination for many adventure seekers, including myself. It is a place that I have been dying to visit for a long time. The city of Kathmandu, the capital of Nepal, is where many come to start their journey into the Himalayas. Whether you plan to hike to Everest Base Camp or visit Chitwan National Park, you will …
The Upper Mustang area is one of the most unique areas in Nepal. It is not an easy place to get to, but is well worth braving the terrible roads to the remote location of Lo Manthang village. The people who call this area home live a hard life. Caring for a few livestock, heating their homes with cattle dung, …
I have a lot of goals for my life and until recently I kept some of them in a book written in tiny cramped writing. Then I saw a friend checking off items on a 40 before they’re 40 list. It really got me thinking about my own life goals. Since I was already close to 40, I figured I …
*This post contains affiliate links When considering where you might want to travel in South Asia to see amazing biodiversity in nature, you don’t often think of Bangladesh. However, that is where you are going wrong. One of the best things about Bangladesh is just how much biodiversity there is. To give you an idea, there are 138 species of …
In our modern world where we, as human beings, have effectively taken over. Where none of the planets natural resources are left unscathed. Where the loss of biodiversity is directly associated with losing habitat, numbers, and food sources, I have to wonder, are we some sort of parasite? At the rate we are going, based on research done by the …
Many years ago, my parents spent their honeymoon in the Bahamas and my mom still talks about going back. When we were deciding where our next winter getaway was going to be and the islands of the Bahamas caught our hearts and imagination. Our main requirement? Good snorkeling. The Bahamas has some of the best snorkeling in the Caribbean with …
When people visit Seattle, they often think of adventures on the Olympic Peninsula, the San Juan islands and Mount Rainier National Park, but there are an incredible amount of counties that are unique in their own way with lots to explore. Kitsap county is one of them. Just a short ferry ride right from downtown Seattle will bring you to …
Maui is one of my favorite places, full of natural beauty on land and in the water, and an absolutely beautiful Hawaiian island. I was fortunate enough to visit Maui after winning a trip through Travelocity’s Roam with the Gnome contest. This was the first (and only) time I have ever won anything so you can imagine my excitement. The …
I think that anyone with a serious love of wildlife has Africa on their bucket list. It is the mecca, one of the last places on earth to witness species of that magnitude in their natural setting. I was extremely fortunate to have visited South Africa, specifically Durban, as a graduate student. One of my conferences was being held in …
*This post contains affiliate links Located in the Atlantic Ocean and the central group of the 9 islands in the Azores archipelago, the island of Pico doesn’t seem to get as much love as some of the other Azores islands. Second in size to São Miguel, though still a small island, and still fairly young, this volcanic island has a …