If you want more honest and personal travel stories, essays, and pieces like this, subscribe to the Travel Daze Dispatch Newsletter for exclusive stories that you won’t see on the blog. I arrived in New Zealand in March 2016, and I started working on Hot Water Beach almost immediately. I barely had a chance to… Continue reading New Zealand Adventures: 2 Months on the Road
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The First 24 Hours in New Zealand
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7 Things Travel Has Given Me
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2016 Travel Plans: I’m Going to New Zealand!
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What Ethical Travel Means to Me
Ethical travel has become a major travel trend recently and it’s likely to continue growing in popularity. Beyond eco-travel, ethical travel encompasses good for all (including nature, humans, and communities). Unfortunately, “ethical” has become little more than a buzzword by now, along with “sustainable” and “responsible”. Every sector is using “ethical” tactics to garner good… Continue reading What Ethical Travel Means to Me
Translating a Place: My Experience in Glacier National Park
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Saying Goodbye to Jackson Hole
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Thoughts from a Hotel Room
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The Importance of Getting Lost
I have a compulsion to wander, to get lost. Sometimes I think this stems from the fact that I tend to feel lost mentally and emotionally—who am I? What am I doing with my life? What does the future hold? I can’t usually answer any of those questions, because there aren’t any concrete answers. But… Continue reading The Importance of Getting Lost
Uprooted
(Originally Posted May 2014) It’s not easy to make big changes, even if you tell yourself every day that change is all you want. We get comfortable in our lives. As much as we might hate the routine, we still cling to it because it’s familiar. Change is risky. Change is scary. The idea of… Continue reading Uprooted
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