‘e decided to take a sisters trip to San Francisco a few weeks ago. I had never been and my sister had been asking to do a trip for a while. A few suggestions where put on the table, but we settled on San Francisco.  I did not want to take a lot of vacation […]

Cusco and Aguas Calientes were the last two cities we visited during this 10 day trip. We saved the best for last since Machu Pichhu is in Cusco. Most backpackers land in Lima and fly out immediately to Cusco then work their way down. However we wanted to save the biggest part of the trip […]

I’ve been working corporate for about 2 and a half years . I got “lucky” as my job starts new employees with 15 vacation days. Most new hires only start with 10 days. I don’t understand how this is even enough time to relax.  These 15 days are the only days I can use to […]

  I had been living in Taiwan for about 4 months with my boyfriend at the time in his family’s house. We broke up around Chinese new year time. Unfortunately for me everyone takes off , so I had about 3 days to find a place to live. Great! Lets find a place to live that […]

Planning for this trip was officially done over a six month period. Things like getting the tickets, which needed to be open tickets since there wasn’t a set return date. Looking into the visa requirements, research how to become an English teacher without the degree or certification, cost of living ( this was important since […]

Gap year is when high school or college students take  a year off after graduating before going back to either college or work life. During this year students are encouraged to take college credit classes, do volunteer work, travel, etc. I was sure of what I wanted to study after high school so I didn’t […]