The Lion and Some Other Animals

I really couldn't title this post any other way. On this day, I may or may not have spent close to an hour taking hundreds of pictures of a single lion. A very hot and fly infested lion. Read More...

Serengeti

We passed straight from the Ngorongoro Conservation Area to the world famous Serengeti National Park. 

Jambo! Read More...

Ngorongoro Crater

Christmas (Winter) Break is a pretty big thing in the teaching community. You get two weeks to be away from 20 needy (or more) children and time to catch up on your sleep. In the international community it's an even bigger deal because two weeks is enough time to jump on a plane and see your family that lives 18 hours away. Or (much to my mother's dismay) you could jump on a plane heading south and go on your second safari in two years and not go home. Read More...

Banana Island

Doha can get pretty fancy. Living in the wealthiest country in the world has its perks. 

All along the corniche are strange signs pointing towards an elusive "Banana Island." It took me quite a while to figure out exactly what they were referring to and where they were actually pointing. After being reassured by my students that it was not, in fact, made of bananas, it became a part of my bucket list to visit this banana island. Read More...

Hop, Skip, and a Jump

It's official... I'm coming home!!

In June, I will be saying goodbye to Doha and hello to California!

So my new goal is to rack up as many stamps in my passport as possible. 

Ready, set, go! Read More...

Making a Conscious Impact in Nepal

I am an incredibly privileged human being. I fully recognize the inherent privilege I have just because I was born in the right place in the right time. I have two incredibly supportive parents and grew up in a wonderful neighborhood where everyone actually checks in with each other and borrows cupfuls of sugar. I went to amazing schools and graduated from a great university. I know that my family would always support me but I also know that not everyone is as privileged as I am. 

I have always known how lucky I am to be living the life I am, but sometimes it is easy to forget about the other part of the world that does not have those luxuries. With the amount of travel I have been on this past year (another privilege I have been granted) it becomes harder to forget these people. 

These people are the vast majority of the world. 

While searching for somewhere to travel on my September break from school, up popped a post on my Facebook newsfeed. Read More...

Hong Kong Layover

Hello to my very small following on the interwebs...

I am back in Doha for my second year!
As I embark on my last (possibly?) year in the sandbox, I am feeling more comfortable and more self aware. Read More...