Ethiopia is beautiful. Dry, brown rolling hills morph into giant rock formations and canyons where sheep and hyenas roam. Stone huts, tukuls, with thatched roofs perch on cliff-tops, and the bustle of a market on a weekday morning can be heard from the mountainside. I had planned a 5 day trekking trip with a local […]
I’ve been wanting to go ice climbing for the past two years, ever since I saw my climbing gym, Earth Treks, offers a trip. This year, I wasn’t going to miss out. I booked a room at the ADK Trail Inn, packed up all the gear I had (which wasn’t much, after traveling in Africa […]
After about a week in Senegal, it was nice to get away to beautiful Cape Town, SA, to start uploading and editing all the photos and video I’ve taken. Unfortunately, it didn’t work out the way I had planned. Upon arrival I met the craziest group of people where I was immediately whisked away for […]
Visas are tricky. Governments are tricky. I didn’t purchase any visas before I came to West Africa, because they are super expensive in the U.S. and because situations change and many tourist visas are only good for 3 months. No point in getting over here with a bunch of visas to realize Guinea-Bissau isn’t safe […]
