Kota Kinabalu, Malaysian Borneo”Tourists don’t know where they’ve been, travellers don’t know where they’re going.” -Paul Theroux I have always struggled with the tourist/traveller paradox. Do we have to label ourselves so…
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Hiroshima, Japan “We’re Gonna Win!” the crowd chanted, waving red balloons and red fans and red plastic baseball bats that they clanked together in unison. We ate hot dogs and edamame and…
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Inverness, Scotland Lisbon, Portugal Teotihuacan, Mexico Yaroslavl, Russia Istanbul, Turkey Varna, Bulgaria When I think about my dreams in life, I think of a Master’s degree, I think of studying French in…
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People of Sapa Part Two Sapa, Vietnam
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Brasov, Romania I once went to Transylvania with my best friend. We were supposed to meet in the Bucharest airport, but where? I remember seeing just a glimpse of her curly brown…
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Glasgow, Scotland There were afternoons of wandering through parks, afternoons of horses in stables, afternoons of scones and tea, afternoons of laughter, afternoons of getting to know a city other than my…