The Secret to Eating Street Food Without Getting Sick
One of my favorite things to do when traveling is to eat street food. It’s delicious. It’s cheap. What’s not to love? Well, some might not “love” getting a case of Montezuma’s revenge (aka traveler’s diarrhea) or food poisoning. You’ve got to be careful out there. No one wants their trip ruined by gastrointestinal issues. In a place like…
How to See Shanghai By the Seat of Your Pants
Some people are planners. Some people are pants-ers, meaning they fly by the seat of their pants. I’d say that I’m about a 40/60 split. Whether in regular life or travel, I wing it most of the time. For my recent trip to Shanghai, I totally pants-ed it. China is not my favorite place so it’s no surprise that I…
Celebrating Día de la Independencia at Lake Yojoa
One of the cool things about teaching at an international school is that we recognize both Honduran and U.S. holidays. The month of September is a pretty big deal across Central America. Most of its countries gained their independence on September 15, 1821. Unlike the United States which generally contains its independence celebrations to a single day, we had 2.5…
