Tag: travel
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The Beaches of Mo’orea
Imagine your toes dug into a white sand beach, looking out towards turquoise blue waters, the occasional friendly sea turtle or stingray lazily coasting past your field of view while palm trees sway all around you in the gentle warm breeze – a welcome reprieve from the Polynesian heat. Mo’orea is a little slice of…
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Impending Doom on Volcan Santa Ana
What is it that draws people towards the edge of life itself? Is it a fascination with darkness, risk, and living life on the edge? The thrill of doing something terrifying that brings life back into you? Or just the ability to say you climbed atop and stood on the edge of an active volcano?…
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2025 in Review
Another weekend, another birthday party drop-off. Which means, a bit of time to sit down and write. Previously, I’ve done informal year-in-review posts. For me they were a good way to reflect and put the events of the past year into perspective. And although this past year was tough, which I’d alluded to in my…
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Highlights of San Salvador
Hola El Salvador! We finally made it! A had indeed pulled off an incredible surprise, and finally touching down in San Salvador was a dream come true. I never expected to end up with this stamp in my passport. First impressions? The customs process is smoother than the car rental process. But we weren’t about…
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Second Breakfast in Honduras
I’d been wanting to keep these posts in chronological order, but this story is too good to wait on…. so let’s jump ahead a bit. It’s always been a dream of mine to conquer the whole of Central America. But Honduras, much like El Salvador, was always one of those countries that seemed off limits…
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Chasing Planes
Why is it that lately my travels seem to be plagued by flight delays, cancellations, running across airports trying to catch flights, and excessive anxiety? Is it because I jinx myself by writing about it? This is twice in a row it’s happened now. I talk about how I hope things will go smoothly and…
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It started like any other Monday
So, last Monday began like any other Monday morning. I stumbled downstairs at 5:30am, pulled towards the sweet smell of my brewing life source. I poured myself a cup of the hot black liquid in an effort to bring life back into my body. And that’s when I noticed it. A stack of papers on…
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A Tahitian Roadtrip
We greeted Tahiti with our blurry-eyed smiles as we walked down the plane stairs and on to the tarmac. Tahiti greeted us in return with its hot, humid air, and hip-shaking island beats. We danced our way through customs and into the duty free shop to collect our half-price liquor (a tip A learned prior…
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Threes (and then some)
They say bad things come in threes. But for us, it came in multiples of much more. Let me count the ways Sigh. Things weren’t off to a great start. But, we tried to make the best of the situation we were in. A pint of SFO local, a nice airport restaurant dinner on meal…
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Midnight Mayhem
I used to think I was living spontaneously when I booked flights 72 hours before their departure. But last night I took things to a whole new level. And let me tell you, there’s nothing quite as terrifying as booking flights to Tahiti… 6.5 hours before departure time. Now, let me back up a bit.…
Teryn Warnke 