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When people think of Peru, I imagine what comes to mind is either Machu Picchu or llamas. And those are very accurate assessments as far as I'm concerned. There are indeed a surprising number of llamas and Machu Picchu is arguably the most historically significant landmark in the country. But what ended up being my favorite…
"Sometimes, there's so much beauty in the world - I feel like I can't take it, like my heart is just going to cave in." I watched the movie American Beauty for the first time as an assignment in a fiction writing class that I took my senior year of college. It is a truly bizarre…
I like to take pictures of streets. And looking back through all my old photos to start writing this post, I realize that this is kind of a recent thing for me. I traveled a bit in high school as well but it wasn't until university that I really started to fall in love with…
I imagine it's not easy being one of the "New 7 Wonders of the World." People are always questioning if you're really all that you're cracked up to be and you have to constantly live up to everyone's expectations. It's a tough act. But if you're Machu Picchu, you always deliver. I've been lucky enough to…
The Coffee Culture in Cusco, Peru I studied abroad in Cusco, Peru during the summer of 2014. It was absolutely the best thing I've ever done in my life and I will cherish my experience there forever. I haven't written much about it on this blog because I've been trying to figure out how to…
Florida is almost all I've ever known. And as I was going through some of my film photos recently I realized that many of them capture a feeling that I've always loved about Florida but am never able to express very well. For some reason the beach and the colors and that feeling translates very…
Okay that's not really true. Your family wants to see your photos, and your friends and roommate might. But the reality of coming back after traveling is often not the glorious homecoming we hope it will be. There comes a moment when you realize no matter how hard you try, that photo will never hold the same meaning…
Before I came to Korea I had a very short list of things I absolutely had to do, and a very long list of things that I absolutely had to eat. Korea is known for its fabulous culinary scene and I can say now from personal experience, that it absolutely does not disappoint. But more than…
Seoul basically feels like New York city, except that everyone is Korean. It wasn't until I got out into the country side that I really started to feel like I was in a completely foreign country. But the difference between Seoul and any other big city in the US is that you can be in…
After a perfectly exhausting day in Gyeongju we finally made it to the train station to head to Busan. The train was exactly 11 minutes late and my friend had started threatening to sue. That should tell you a little something about how efficient the transportation usually is here. But it did arrive, and roughly an…
Hours and Miles 