Be Careful What You Wish For

It is Saturday night. The little numbers on the bottom right-hand side of my screen read 1:09am…again. It’s probably time I went to bed and got some sleep, as I have to be up again in 5 ½ hours, but I wonder how I’m going to shift gears: bring my brain down from trying to [...]

Culture Shock

I step off the plane, and start to look around – preparing myself for the reverse culture shock that I know is waiting just around the corner. It always happens, even to the most seasoned of travelers, no matter how much we prepare ourselves for it. With our heads and our hearts full of the [...]