The majestic red and white cliffs of Zion Canyon, standing over 2,000 feet above us, left us in awe. Zion National Park, located in southern Utah, is in a desert climate but is home to many species of plants and animals, including cheeky squirrels scavenging for snacks. Parts of the park are in low desert […]
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Point Reyes National Seashore
I consider myself fortunate to have visited the beautiful San Francisco Bay Area multiple times, so I was even more delighted to venture outside of the city when I visited in late January. Located a one to two hour drive from the city, Point Reyes National Seashore is a beautiful peninsula jutting into the Pacific […]
Tahoe Tales
Oops. I haven’t blogged in over a year! Luckily, that doesn’t mean I haven’t traveled in over a year. My adventures took some unexpected turns along the way…in other words, life happened. I’m fortunate to be feeling a lot better and hope to share both retrospective and current (i.e. plans I’m currently dreaming up) travel […]
Free-Falling Into 23
In addition to being a long weekend in the U.S. for the 4th of July, it was a 4-day weekend in Zambia for Heroes Day and Unity Day. It was also my birthday weekend, and it was simply amazing! On Friday evening, my friends and I had a celebratory last dinner at Mukwa, our favorite […]
This Time for Kenya
A really neat component of Global Health Corps is that every fellow is allowed up to $600 to use on professional development. I used the first part of my professional development funds to purchase Rosetta Stone Hindi so I could learn a new language in all of my free time. For the second half of […]