Pura Vida. The words roll off the tongues of locals and expats and embroider souvenirs across Costa Rica. The “pure life” is not only a greeting, but a mantra to the people who congregate in the country’s beaches and jungles.

Pura Vida. The words roll off the tongues of locals and expats and embroider souvenirs across Costa Rica. The “pure life” is not only a greeting, but a mantra to the people who congregate in the country’s beaches and jungles.
WWOOFing is one of the many cost-saving travel hacks I’ve used to travel the world. This post is a breakdown of what WWOOF is and a peek into my very first WWOOFing experience in Oregon back in 2017, where I spent a month on a farm, living in my self-converted camper van. I hope it …
In the summer of 2013, I spent my month-long break from my Master’s program in International Development volunteering at a locally run community development organization in Uganda. This blog post is a journal entry I wrote reflecting on my time there about 6 months later. Written: February 2014 When the heat of the sun’s rays …
July 13, 2013 I know it probably seems like I’m just messing around and being a tourist in Uganda, but I really am volunteering during the weeks in between all of the fun! In Bandali village the last few weeks I continued to work on Adult Literacy classes and HIV/ Family Planning. For the literacy …
July 5th, 2013 A lot has happened since my last post but I will try to sum it all up. We have weekends free, since the organization doesn’t have any weekend projects setup. So, Saturday I went white water rafting on the Nile River on grade five rapids which was amazing! We flipped four times …