Sign at Wat Phra Singh in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Prior to departure, my decision to travel to Southeast Asia felt like an exciting adventure. Elephants! Tuk Tuks! Pad Kee Mao!
Except.
From the moment I landed in Bangkok, I was surrounded by a gadzillion other people who were doing the exact same thing. Suddenly my escapades felt… not so special.
Soon I began meeting other people who having been traveling for years, many of whom devote their time to helping the plight of the less fortunate, and/or take jaw-dropping photographs or write witty diatribes.
Now Read more [...] Monica McCarthy - Life Stylista
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A Changing Perspective: What Travel Is Teaching Me
Monday, February 20th, 2012
Sign at Wat Phra Singh in Chiang Mai, Thailand
Prior to departure, my decision to travel to Southeast Asia felt like an exciting adventure. Elephants! Tuk Tuks! Pad Kee Mao!
Except.
From the moment I landed in Bangkok, I was surrounded by a gadzillion other people who were doing the exact same thing. Suddenly my escapades felt… not so special.
Soon I began meeting other people who having been traveling for years, many of whom devote their time to helping the plight of the less fortunate, and/or take jaw-dropping photographs or write witty diatribes.
Now Read more [...] Running In Bangkok
Tuesday, February 14th, 2012
The alarm is set for 3:30am, but I’ve been awake in anticipation for the last two hours. My heart is racing from the thought that today I’ll be running in my first Half-Marathon.
Grateful for having set out my clothes the night before, I get dressed in the pitch dark as quietly as possible, so as not to disturb my fellow hostel bunk-mates who have just fallen asleep from Saturday night’s revelries.
After an internal debate over whether or not to eat anything, I decide against it, tie the laces on my tread-bare sneakers, and head into the steamy abyss Read more [...] 
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In 2011 I left the world of acting behind to pursue writing, traveling, and a life worth telling about. What's your story? The world is waiting.
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