At 6:30 AM, Shane came on the PA system to let us know that we were officially sailing through the Lemaire Channel! Unfortunately, it was...

Shane, our Expedition Leader, came on the ship wide PA system at 8:00 AM on the dot to wake us up for breakfast which started at 8:30 AM....

Hello from the Ocean Diamond! After 5 canceled trips due to COVID, part of me wondered if I would ever get here! Our voyage across...

In some ways you could say that the actual vacation started on Tuesday, even though we got into Ushuaia, Argentina on Sunday. After...

Hello from Ushuaia & Tiera del Fuego, which literally translates to “Land at the End”. It is the southernmost part of an occupied...

Our flight to Cappadocia from Istanbul was delayed for over 5 hours, so we didn’t land until after midnight and got to our hotel at...

Once we landed in Turkey, I immediately updated my Instagram bio to say “51 countries”! Our flight to Istanbul was uneventful, minus the...

In order to get from Split to Dubrovnik, we had a few options including a ferry, bus, or hiring a private driver. The first two were...

Our next stop was Split and getting there was quite an experience! Our flight out of Ibiza was delayed about 30 minutes and we already...

Ibiza was worthy of the hype! I kicked off an international trip with my friends from Penn State as well as a few people I met for the...

Even though my East African Safari was over, I would have landed back in the USA on Friday if I left right from Arusha. I don’t like to...

Our penultimate day of our East African Safari was here and a level of bittersweetness began to hit us. Even though it felt like we had...

We woke up in the morning and saw our camp for the first time in the daylight. It was even better than I thought. We slept in tents in...

We woke up very early, once again, as we had a day long drive across Tanzania from Tarangire to Serengeti. After bidding farewell to our...

We woke up early in the morning, so early that we needed to be escorted from our tents by the Masai who keep watch all night long. After...

Our 6th day of the trip was quite bittersweet as it was the day that we would say goodbye to half of our tour group as well as our two...

We started our day with another sleep in, not needing to leave the camp until 8:00 AM! Our first stop was something I was really looking...

We were able to sleep in until about 6:30 AM (I know, but that is sleeping in on this trip) before heading to breakfast. The breakfast...

We woke up early the following morning for a sunrise game drive of Masai Mara before we had to leave for Lake Elementaita. Some people...

We had a very early wake up this morning for our highly anticipated Hot Air Balloon ride over Masai Mara. This was something not included...