Did you have bubble guts and had to wipe your ass with a sock? Were you so wasted one night in South East Asia that you cut your hand open on a stripper pole only to be tended to by the staff and suffered no major infections or hand loss so it was chill? Have…
We were hiking on a trail that our Airbnb host suggested. The trail was local and not well maintained with lush greenery brushing us up to the waist for the past hour. Finally, we were climbing out of a valley and came to a sign that read: –> Pulpit rock –> Ross Cave Distracted by…
I was somewhere in Bilbao, Spain when I heard a few Irishmen talking about the Run of the Bulls coming up the following weekend in a small mountain town called Pamplona. Of course I had heard of this festival and new it was dangerous, but I really had no idea what it was about. I…
40 years ago the the Khmer Rouge took over Phnom Penh marking the start of their 4-year rule of the country from 1975-1979. During their reign they implemented one of the most brutal and mysterious genocides to hit our planet. It was fueled by detest and fear of the western “free” world and what it stands…
1) YOU CANNOT CONTRACT HIV FROM A MOSQUITO BITE this is because the virus cannot survive or multiply in the ‘squitos body. Another interesting fact is that when the mosquito deposits saliva onto your skin (people get red, itching bumps due to a reaction to the saliva) it is separate from where it sucks your…
The Elite Daily posted an article titled, “Untamable Women: Why Some Women Need Adventure, Not A Partner”. After reading the article I had a combination of mixed feelings and ended up positing a reply* where I asked the author to re-frame the idea and tradition of marriage to fit the untamable women, and idealize a marriage or life…
Boueng Kak is the place to go if you want to experience street art, culture and activism. Located in the north of Phnom Penh, near Toul Kork, this area was once a thriving lake estuary, which tourists flocked to. Today, it is still thriving but there is no lake and because of that there aren’t…
This is by far one of the most unique gifts I have ever received. My cousin, who is three years younger than me, signed up for the Marines right out of high school. He courageously served two tours in Afghanistan where he was in charge of going in with his bomb sniffing dog to find…
Living out of a backpack for 10 days or 10 months is absolutely freeing and extremely challenging. It is hard to know what and how much to pack, especially if this is your first time living like a turtle. After many weekend trips to different provinces in Cambodia and backpacking for a month through South…
I left for Phnom Penh, Cambodia at the end of September 2013 to spend a year teaching English. Little did I know it would be one of my best life decisions and an epic, life-altering adventure. There is an infinite number of things that made my time so amazing but the building blocks of it…
This post is dedicated to the German, Frenchman, and Dutchman that I met in Luang Prabang. Hope this helps guys and hope you got your tuk-tuk! With love, From an American Princess. For 2013/2014 I lived, taught and travelled Cambodia. This blog covers 10 of Cambodia’s 24 provinces that I went to and what I…
Cambodia is a really easy country to live in. There is minimal stress, a thriving English job market, and the price of living is low. Before this easy life style can take place you need to first get here, find a job, and find a place to live- and that is where the stress sets…
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