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A Little Discovery … What Does Grassroots Tourism Look Like? 20 Aug 2013 | 08:41 pm
Rain pelted darts of moisture into my skin as we stumbled off the bus into a huddle of quizzical faces. Their complete bafflement signaled a slice of doubt in my mind as the bus handler hurled our lug...
A Little Discussion … Health and Travel Sickness in Long-term Travel 13 Aug 2013 | 04:00 pm
One of the scariest obstacles to international travel is often the health question. In my planning stages for my own round the world trip I fretted over the health side of the equation because it was ...
A Little Recipe … Inspired by Mexico: Lunchtime Bean Quesadilla 3 Aug 2013 | 05:30 pm
The clichéd “absence makes the heart grow fonder” mantra popped into my head this week when I thought back on my months in Mexico earlier this year. I have clocked one entire month living stateside, e...
A Little Redesign … Introducing a New Look for A Little Adrift :) 22 Jul 2013 | 02:50 pm
A shiny new site is here! A Little Adrift turns five years old in a month, and as I thought about the evolution of the community and the information shared on ALA, I knew a redesign was in order. So, ...
A Little Story … Travels Though Panama with my Dad 18 Jul 2013 | 09:02 pm
I was seven before I accepted that my parents had a life that existed before me, and in that year I remember a whole world opening up because I began to comprehend a world so much wider than what I ha...
A Little Recipe … Inspired by Mexico: Simple Sweet Potato Tacos 13 Jul 2013 | 05:30 pm
Fusion foods are the new “it” thing in my life. A travel purist approach would be to make recipes of my favorite dishes from actually traveling in these places. And sometimes that’s the case, but ther...
A Little Guide … The Art of Relaxation in Five Easy Steps 10 Jul 2013 | 04:00 pm
Over the past few months I’ve talked a lot about relaxation, and how it’s one of those pieces of life at which I have not excelled in the past. I spend far too much time on the computer even though I ...
A Little Confession … Yes, Sometimes Travel is Lonely 3 Jul 2013 | 04:00 pm
Alone is a beautiful thing; it’s when I process my thoughts, absorb new travel experiences, find unexpected friendships, and detox from being “on” with other people. Lonely is not so beautiful a thing...
A Little Expat Living …Cost of Living in a Mexican Beach Town 18 Jun 2013 | 04:00 pm
Two years ago, I lived in Chiang Mai, Thailand for five months after having traveled steadily for two years. It was the first time I stayed put in one spot and became a semi-expat. As the months passe...
A Little Slice of Life … Mexico via Instagram 10 Jun 2013 | 05:30 pm
Mexico surprised me with the hospitality and friends I found when I arrived at the beginning of the year with no real plans and no certain direction for my life. I flew into Puerto Vallarta sure that ...
