New Delhi to Kanyakumari and back, India August 2016 Age: 25 Fuck math “Listen, it’s not how much money you make, but how you manage your money that truly counts. In this country you can make one million in a day and manage to spend two million the next.” -Mama Bear Financially, my family didn’t have much …
The Cost to Travel Cheap part I of II (Things you can’t control)
Things you can’t control Before we jump into how I only spent $1,237 on my 2 week trip to India (yes including airfare from the US) I figured it’s important to understand a few unspoken tricks to buying cheap airfare, realize that you can spend much less by going to some countries than others, and how …
The Day the Earth Stood Still Part I of II
Lima, Peru August 2007 Age: 16 La Pobre Dentista I had just come out of a minor mouth surgery where they removed a tooth that grew crooked inside my mouth. Right before the surgery began the dentist asked what type of music I wanted to listen to because according to her it would help …
The Blind Leading The Blind
Nha Trang, Vietnam January 2012 Age: 21 Suburbs “He’s like the blind leading the blind” I overheard one mom talking to another, both shaking their head at some kid telling his friends to follow him down the stairs to the pool while I was working the front desk at the recreation center trying to …
The Way To Look At It
Train from Moscow to St. Petersburg, Russia Summer 2009 Age: 18 Bathroom Break “I don’t want you to go” Em said with her arms on my shoulders, around my neck and mine around her waist. “Trust me, I don’t want to go either” I told her thinking about how I should be spending my last …