Travel has taught us that countries are never just their stereotypes. They are not simply “safe” or “unsafe,” “rich” or “poor,” “friendly” or “dangerous.” The media is often fueled by fear, thats something I hear a lot. Real experience is fueled by presence, curiosity, and human connection.The more we travel, the more we realize that…
“Isn’t it dangerous there?” I think this might be one of the questions we have heard the most since we started talking about travelling the world. Before we left, people would ask us about certain countries and then immediately follow it up with something about how dangerous they were supposed to be. Sometimes it was…
There is a question I started asking people as I was able to sit at the “adult table” in conversations: “What do you wish you had done more of in your life? Is there anything you regret not doing?” I don’t really remember when I started asking it. Maybe it was because I was becoming…
I’m writing this from Puerto Rico, and I already know that one day I will probably read these words again and remember exactly what this part of our journey felt like. Maybe I’ll be sitting somewhere with Jay, maybe we’ll have a family of our own, and we’ll look back at the time when we…
“Isn’t Medellín dangerous?” That was one of the questions we heard before we went. Not once, but again and again. People would hear that we were going to Medellín and immediately ask whether we were sure about it. We had heard enough stories ourselves to know why they were asking. Crime, drugs, the history of…
We booked our flights to Medellín pretty spontaneously. By the time we were actually on our way, I think both of us were a little nervous. Medellín is one of those places where you hear a lot of different things before you go. We had heard the usual stories about safety, crime and everything else…