About Me

I remember in the 6th grade my class was assigned to write out our bucket list items and present them to the class. At that time I was a diligent student and overachiever who only ever wanted to impress my teacher. So I finished my list (first of course) and read it aloud to the class and the first thing I said was: 

Before I die, I want to visit every country in the world

-6th grade me

My teacher at the time, whose name I’ll never forget, rolled his eyes and interrupted me with, “You don’t mean country, you mean continent”. 

I was confused because 1) as an insecure kid who was scared to fail I always made sure I reviewed my work and said the right thing and I absolutely meant country and 2) I didn’t understand why he would limit me. To this day I don’t believe in limitations. 

I’ve always believed that my mission in life is to consistently prove people wrong, and from that moment on I knew I would do it. I’d see every country in the world before I die just to prove to my 6th-grade teacher that I could. 

However, I wasn’t expecting to fall deeply in love with it. It was when I went to Kenya in 2013 and saw things I thought I’d only ever see on Animal Planet, that I truly realized there’s so much more out there for me to see, experience, and learn. What was initially motivation driven mostly by spite turned into a deep desire to see everything there is to see before I take my last breath. 

And if I didn’t make it to every corner of the earth then, hey, at least I had fun and ate good food while trying. 

We live in an incredible time on this planet where traveling is mostly limitless. We don’t have to get on a boat for months at a time just to get to Europe. In 24 hours you could be at some of the farthest corners of the earth. I think its important to take advantage 

This blog is to meant to share what I learn through my experiences of traveling across the world and sharing things that I’ve learned.