Many of my childhood summers were spent in a farm near Tagaytay, a small city in Northern Philippines known for its cool weather.  It also provides a spectacular view of the Taal Volcano, a small active crater surrounded by a lake.  Although I practically grew up near that area, I never...

I decided today I need to travel more. I need to get out of the place I live in because I’m not really happy here. I need to see the world, so I am going to make a goal to take one trip to somewhere, anywhere – a year. I’ll go, even if I have to go alone. A part of me wants to go alone...

i call you a dream
mystical and magical
...arabian nights

…...red and fragrant
…middle eastern aromas
spices and sand

colours of heated autumn
oven-roasted
a fallen leaf tapestry

what if I called you a dream?

A long summer day
with overheated breezes
that hit the desert...

Well, not much to say. After three months in Iraq, I'm visiting Perth. My main goal is to seperate myself from the 6,000 other U.S. Marines and Sailors and hopefully meet some good people. Contact me if you're up for fun. Cheers!

Ben and I have now been traveling for 31 days. Truth is, it seems like it’s been three months. We have been moving so fast and covering so much ground, so many cities, so many couches and floors, that only a month seems impossible.

We peered out an airplane to see the lonely, frozen ice caps...

Studying Abroad is the best thing anyone could do in college (well, next to graduating). This was seriously the best semester I had at UCBerkeley, packed with fun adventures I'll be talking about for the REST OF MY LIFE. I will always look back fondly on these memories. I made friends with some of...

Huzzah, and welcome to week 2 of Leah Lugs Crap around the world. As I’ve quickly settled into my life back in London, the crap of choice this week has been groceries, but we’ll get to that in a moment, my dears, as the Grocery Incident came only yesterday, and there are many more adventures from...