by Jordan Smedberg When I’d first tell people I was going to Africa for two months by myself, their faces almost always twisted into an expression of horror and awe, as though they couldn’t quite decide whether I was stupid or courageous. Granted, my follow up comments: “You know, because it’s Africa,” or, “Nope, no…
I bought my ticket to Scotland and packed my best lingerie, along with a cosmetic bag filled with high expectations.
by Jennifer Anthony Skydiving is both a stimulating and terrifying little sport. It can also be very heated and sensual and leave one trembling from a combination of exhilaration and excitement that will forever be irrevocably intertwined. A part of me has always wondered what it would feel like to skydive. A very remote part….
by Katherine Losse I ended up in Australia by mistake. I was supposed to go to London for the semester, but due to some anonymous, last-minute bureaucratic incompetence, I ended up bound for Sydney instead. I told myself I was game for anything…right? Arriving in Sydney I boarded the plane to Sydney with a backpack…
by Nancy Davis Kho I was a college exchange student studying in Vienna, and had planned to meet an American friend in Florence so we could explore Italy together during Spring Break. But when I reached Florence I got word that due to a boat strike, my friend was stranded on an idyllic island in…
by Emily McCormick I don’t like to travel without my husband. Not that we’re glued at the hip, but we like to share travel experiences together. So it was a big deal when I was invited to visit Russian orphanages along with some board members of KidsDom (a Christian charity) and a pastor from my…
by Adri Sanders Leaving the corporate world behind, Adri dives into the African bush and finds her place in the world. She invites you to join her. I was a business analyst with a large financial institution for many years in South Africa, where I was born and bred. During these hectic times, my life…