Category Archives: Ramblings

    I’ve spent the better part of the 2020’s in a nomadic niche – on one hand I’ve utilized my family’s standby flight perks to take immersive backpacking trips around the world, and on the other I’ve done odd musical jobs such as my 2024 U.S. tour with the Emo Orchestra. I’ve kept myContinue reading “My Evolving Nomadic Life in 2025”

It has been nearly two months since I finished visiting every country in Central America. I had expected to feel some sort of profound elation as my flight touched down in Nicaragua, just as I imagined I would when I ticked off my seventh continent with a trip to Cape Town in 2021. But unlikeContinue reading “My Greying Relationship with Solo Travel”

I knew nothing of Ha Long Bay until 2019, when I first began dreaming of going to SE Asia. I was on my first cruise ship contract, and I had friends working on a ship doing an East Asia itinerary — their images of Ha Long Bay seemed like a less grand but calmer versionContinue reading “Vietnam — III. Ha Long Bay Overnight Tour”

Following my flights from America to Singapore I boarded a Vietnam Airlines flight to the Vietnamese capital of Hanoi. I paid $99 for an economy ticket and the flight was under 2.5 hours long — but I was pleasantly surprised to be served a full meal, a snack, and multiple rounds of tea (separate fromContinue reading “Vietnam — I. Hanoi”

Like Cairns, Perth holds a special place in my travel memories. At the onset of the pandemic my job on a cruise ship was shut down, meanwhile we sailed towards Western Australia to depart from the port town of Fremantle, 30 minutes south of Perth. There everyone would make their separate flights home. The partContinue reading “WHV Australia: Part VII – The South West”

Where were you when the covid pandemic began? Perhaps you were en route to a job when you got word of immediate cancellation – or maybe your university announced plans to move everyone off campus for remote learning. I happened to be working on a cruise ship – and just prior to the cancellation ofContinue reading “WHV Australia: Part VI – Return To Cairns”

Since arriving in the much smaller city of Cairns last week I have been reflecting on my time in Sydney – particularly the beautiful nature, and how it was all just a bus/train/ferry ride away. Alas I’ve created one last post on Sydney detailing my five favorite outdoorsy experiences around the city. 5.) Bondi toContinue reading “5 Adventures In Sydney Via Public Transit”

It was 1 June – the first day of winter in Australia. It was also the coldest day so far of my stay in Sydney, but at least it wasn’t raining. I was on the 100 bus headed to a wedding gig north of the harbour, my viola case tucked between my legs as weContinue reading “WHV Australia – Part V: Sydneysiders”

Things in Sydney have been all over the place lately. There’s been ample sunshine for day-trips, occasional music-making, and some wild days at work. Hostel mates have come and gone, and I too have made a decision on when (and where) I am going onward in Oz. This post is going to be a bitContinue reading “WHV Australia – Part IV: Finding My Balance In Sydney”