It’s time to pull back the curtain and expose some of my backpacking experiences that don’t fit into the cheerful aesthetic that composes...

When I set off on this adventure, I envisioned myself fitting seamlessly into backpacking culture. I imaged a hippie version of myself,...

After 8.5 months of budget traveling, my bar has dropped for, well, everything. I choose the cheapest option for everything I do in each...

In May of 2018, I spent 28 days hiking the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage across northern Spain with my mother. We spent 5-6 hours per day...

I was sitting on a beach 30 minutes south of Mostar with my new friends, an international group I had met at a hostel. Our team of four -...

On my only full day in Niš, I decided to rent a bike and travel to historical sites that were further out from the city. At the Day ‘n’...

On a Saturday afternoon in Botevgrad, I was eating lunch with the Valov family in their small flat. My good friend Martin was hosting my...

I did not identify that traveling the world by myself for an indefinite period of time was out of my comfort zone until 7:51am on...