Now that everyone is re-emerging bleary-eyed into the world again, a lot of people have wondered what will happen as we move into the post-pandemic era, specifically to the travel industry. Since most of us have been stuck in our screen riddled caves for a year and a half, we’re getting restless with cabin fever and want to get out there when we can. That was a big reason why Jasper and I chose to live nomadically. But the question always comes: how is COVID affecting our abi

Finally. We made it. After 14 hours of ass-numbing plane seats, we pulled onto the palm tree lined tarmac. Honolulu smelled humid and sweet, like Coppertone. As we made our way through the airport, all the anxiety of traveling faded into excitement. We were finally here. Our plan was to pick up our rented camper van at a self storage place. We talked to an uber driver for about 30 minutes about the insanity of Hawaii traffic. 6-7 lane highways, navigating weird exits and over

As many people my age have probably said at one point or another, I kind of like the idea of living in a van. A symbol of the hippie movement of the 60s and 70s, van life has reemerged into the mainstream as a preferable alternative to the more traditional ways of dwelling. Many consider van living as a more sustainable, slow pace lifestyle that values being closer to nature and minimizing consumption; things that drew me to it as well. I got my first taste of van living this

Packing, I suppose, is the first signal of transition. At least to me. Between all of the moving I've done in the past few years, from one apartment to another, never before have I taken packing so seriously. Due to the extreme downsizing I'm doing, from a 600 square foot apartment to a suitcase, the economy of my possessions has been weighing greatly on my mind. Each item has a new price tag to me - of either sentimental, useful, or financial value - and if something doesn't

Last year at this time I was grieving the loss of my memere (my grandmother). She had a huge hand in raising me and she is present in many of my childhood memories, most of the pleasant ones anyway. Now I'm leaving everything behind to travel the world. The decision wasn't necessarily sparked by her passing, though the notion of our brief mortality perhaps kept my motivation stoked within the embers. Instead, there were many reasons that influenced me a year ago, when I start