I graduated college in May 2015 and decided to travel for the next month. My cousin Sydney lives in Denver, CO and we had talked about doing a road trip around Colorado for months. We decided now was the time.
While I was visiting my friend Rasha in Dubai we took a two-day road trip to Oman, the UAE’s bordering country to the east. Oman isn’t well-known as a tourist destination, but it's beautiful and I’m so glad we made
Burj Khalifa and Dubai Mall The Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world at 154 stories or ½ mile tall! My friend Rasha who I was visiting had already been to the top, so I did this trip solo. I
When we first drove into the city, I felt like I was entering the future. Skyscrapers are everywhere and so many of them have creative architecture. This makes sense because Dubai is relatively new compared to most modern cities. Dubai
I flew into Abu Dhabi to see my friend Rasha who was in Dubai for the year on a Fulbright scholarship. Rasha is one of my best friends from college, and I couldn't pass up the chance to visit her
We had a one day layover in Dublin on our way to Italy. To make the most of our time, we did a hop on hop off bus tour. The weather was gross, but that didn’t stop us from sitting
We left the house around 6am and headed straight for Yosemite. Rachel and I had a 1pm train to catch, and there were still a few things we wanted to see! The weather today was much more cooperative, luckily. We
We were thankful we weren’t camping in Yosemite this morning, as it was pouring and thunder storming when we got up. I was really bummed. We had planned a long hike on the Four Mile + Panorama trail, since this
Everyone told us that a three-day Yosemite trip was crazy. And they were right. But I live for crazy!San Francisco Rachel and I flew to San Francisco from Atlanta Friday night and stayed at the Hotel Fusion, near Union Square.
Traveling expands my cultural appreciation. When I’m immersed in a culture, I can understand how other people live. When I was in Fiji, I stepped out of the resort for a day to take a tour of one of the close-by