Road Trip Around the Yucatán Peninsula

Taking a road trip has always been one of my favorite ways to travel. It lets you plan how slow or quickly you want to adventure through your destination, gives you room to make changes to your itinerary, and can be a cheap way of transportation when traveling with multiple people. While I have done road trips in the United States before, taking a road trip around the Yucatán peninsula was my first in a different country. For this road trip, my friend and I planned a two-week loop to six different places. Here is a description of our plans…

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Eating My Way Through Tokyo

I am not a food critique; I’m just a college student with a serious love of Japanese food.  The food is part of the reason why I fell in love with the country the first time I visited and chasing those authentic flavors across the island keeps me coming back. My excitement to eat Japanese food at its peak when I finally stepped off the plane in Tokyo, the first thing I did after meeting my friends at the airport was to go get something to eat. We set out for an izakaya (居酒屋), which is like a pub. They…

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