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Rio is a dangerous place. Dangerously beautiful, that is. Haha see what I did there? Funny? Nope, okay, moving on from the dad jokes. It first occurred to me that Rio was a stunner while drinking caipirinhas with my father on the beach the evening we landed. The beach was alive with Brazilians, all scantily…

I have been on two flights per week for the last eight weeks straight. Every single one of them, yes all 14, has either been on time or landed early. This is obviously an anomaly, and I’m a firm believer that if too many good things are happening to you in sequence- it means that…

There are a couple of trips you absolutely need to take in your twenties. The college euro trip. The Southeast Asia backpacking trip. The solo trip to some zen place to find yourself. The wild Vegas trip with your girlfriends. And the one that had somehow eluded me all these years: The classic large group…

What if you could piece together your perfect day. Do you ever think about that? What would it look like? What would happen to you? How would it make you feel? What if you woke up next to your best friend, laughing at your miraculously white pillow cases, proud that somehow both of you had…

We travel for a lot of reasons. We travel for work. We travel to relax. We travel for adventure. To learn. To grow. To escape. And sometimes, we travel just so that we can sit and have a beer in Mexico with people who are important to us. Once a year, I visit La Ventana,…

I’ve spent the last two weeks answering the same question, “How was your trip!?” And while I usually consider myself an articulate person, my reply to this question has been, without fail, some version of the word vomit below: “Hi! Thank you! It was super fun and really cool and different, and everything is shiny…

On the heels of my previous post detailing my dislike of camels, I spent today mesmerized by the dolphins that swam alongside our boat in the Gulf of Oman. Yesterday afternoon we crossed the UAE border into Oman, and spent today in Khasab sailing on a traditional Dhow boat through the Musandam Fjords. And by…

Wanting to get away from the modernity and hubbub of Dubai and check out some of the more historical sites of the UAE, my father and I headed to Al Ain for a day trip. Al Ain is about an hour and a half hour drive away and is one of the world’s oldest permanently…

The United Arab Emirates mark my 45th country that I have visited. I’ll let that stand alone as a statement, but I promise there is a purpose to this note. Through my travels, I have learned that as you experience more and more of the world you start to recognize patterns that are agnostic to…

Ever since I flew through Abu Dhabi on my way to Nepal last November, I have been absolutely fascinated by the Middle East. Dubai was an easy choice- my father was already planning to be here for a week and I’m fortunate enough to have friends here whom I met at my best friend Claire’s…