From La Paz, the five of us continued on our way to Copacabana. We survived the ferry ride across the lake and saw the picturesque city nestled between two hills. We arrived to the hostel …
Academic Year 2012-2013
Bolivia: Tupiza Tour
After getting our group together and recovering briefly in Villazón, we took a bus to Tupiza, a town further north. We were hoping to get to Uyuni, and a town yet further north, where we …
She’s (Finally) Back!
I’d like to apologize for my lack of recent posts! As you might’ve read in the last post, I went from being incredibly busy with finals, to spending 11 days in Bolivia, then returning to …
Bolivia: Getting There
The trip started off as quite the adventure, to say the least. My friend Emma had invited me to accompany her and her friends on a trip to Bolivia to celebrate the end of classes …
Japan Is So Much More Fun When One Is NOT Sick
After finally being released from the hospital and conquering my medical issues, I was free to continue my fun experiences and explorations in Tokyo. These past few weeks I had a series of new experiences …
The Most Complicated and Interesting Part of Japanese
In the Japanese language, there is a separate alphabet called 漢字 (Kanji), or Chinese characters. As explained by the name, Kanji are words borrowed from the Chinese language, but the pronunciation, sometimes the meaning, and …
Amazon Jungle
I survived! After traveling to Iquitos, staying overnight in the jungle, holding wild animals, and handling a few days of being pretty sick, I am finally able to write you a blog post about my …
DMZ
I finally was able to go check out the DMZ. The DMZ is a strip of land that marks the 38th parallel between North Korea and South Korea. We crossed to the military zone, where …
2012 Presidential Election
(Park Geun-Hye) (Moon Jae-In) Yesterday, December 19, 2012 was the Election Day for South Korea. The two candidates were Moon Jae-In and Park Geun-Hye. Park Geun-Hye is actually a female running for the position. She …
10 Things that would happen in Germany
10 Things that would happen in Germany. 1) In Germany most dogs (I literally mean like 90%) follow their owners without the assistance of a leash. This includes in banks. 2) It isn’t uncommon to …