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Tackling the Thai Toilet 29 Jun 2013 | 02:20 pm
This is not a story about poop. I just wanted to make the clear. The Thai sun was searing down through the lower deck window as I surveyed the hungover Brit and Aussie backpackers and young Europea....
The {real} Hangover in Bangkok 17 Jun 2013 | 05:20 pm
In light of being honest with you, usually, I let a hangover get the best of me. I mean, I’m precious. Wallowing in the pain of my head pounding through the tops of my eyes, my stomach convulsing; thr...
Bangkok; like a scene from a movie 4 Apr 2013 | 03:50 pm
I walked straight out of Singapore and into the bustle of Khoa San Road. There were tuk tuks whizzing behind me, Thai market salesmen yelling bargain pitches at the hundreds of passing backpackers in ...
Singapore is… 21 Mar 2013 | 02:50 pm
… really humid. Like, shockingly hot and muggy. Singapore was never really on the list of places that I was dying to see. It was another Asian city, that I probably hadn’t heard enough about. Living ...
the surf. 27 Jan 2013 | 10:48 am
Bondi Beach, Australia As the white foam approaches, I know there’s only one thing I can do if I want to avoid the searing pain of salt water in my sinuses. The break is coming too fast for me to fli...
When the foreign becomes the familiar. 15 Jan 2013 | 01:12 pm
A little over a year and a half ago, I wrote this post about leaving your childhood home behind, and it resonated with a lot of people. At that time, I was sitting in my sister’s kitchen in Kennewick,...
Getting my wings back. 3 Dec 2012 | 04:59 pm
It’s been nearly one year since I’ve left Sydney. It almost hurts to say that. Last time I took a day off work, without being stuffed up and curled up in my bed, was February 2012. I jumped on a 6am ...
Why 5am is the new 8am. 22 Nov 2012 | 04:13 pm
My whole teenage and adult life I have been an on-again-off-again buff chick without ever actually reaching the ‘buff’ point. I always stop somewhere before being fit and now looking back, I wonder if...
Sculptures by the Sea – Bondi Beach 2012 11 Nov 2012 | 12:07 pm
I’m clearly not very great at capturing a moment and immediately putting the words down on paper, I prefer to think of it as ‘living in the moment’ and attempting not to fall victim to the well-known ...
Becoming Bondi Hipsters 29 Oct 2012 | 02:22 pm
Hi. Sorry I’ve neglected you. Or, well, I guess it’s mostly just me. Thing is, I’ve stopped traveling and I guess that was a little bit scary. But the truth is, I’ve never been constantly in moti...