Category: Travel Diary

  • Georgetown, Guyana: “Meet Me in the Mall it’s Going Down”

    Georgetown, Guyana: “Meet Me in the Mall it’s Going Down”

    I slept in today and with good reason. We got in kind of late last night and I was exhausted from the day. I showered, ate and headed for the bed but was not done my write-up for the day. At one moment it all she seemed like too much…

  • Georgetown, Guyana: One Guyana

    Georgetown, Guyana: One Guyana

    I barely got any sleep last night yet again and was not ready to get up at 4:50am this morning but today we go on our 5 Island Tour which is an all day tour (12 hours). Booked through Trip Advisor we would make several stops on several islands and…

  • Georgetown, Guyana: More on the Lite Side

    Georgetown, Guyana: More on the Lite Side

    I actually slept pretty good last night (even fell asleep watching something on my iPad) and woke up around 9:00am. I lingered in bed until about 11am and then got up. We hadn’t really planned out what we were going to do last night because Kassandra fell asleep (and I…

  • Georgetown, Guyana: We’re Wandering Outside

    Georgetown, Guyana: We’re Wandering Outside

    After going to bed last night after 4am chatting, I didn’t really end up really going to sleep until it began to get light outside and for some reason I didn’t sleep well or long at all last night. I decided I’d be up and ready by 11am for the…

  • Travel Day and Georgetown, Guyana: Welcome to Guyana

    Travel Day and Georgetown, Guyana: Welcome to Guyana

    Alright, let’s pick up where I left off…if you followed my Umbria, Italy adventure you’d know the last point I was at was at JFK with my mom. At 4:45am I decided to depart JFK to head to Penn Station to catch my Amtrak train to Philadelphia at 7:17am and…

  • Rome, Italy: Farewell, But Not Before the Colosseum

    Rome, Italy: Farewell, But Not Before the Colosseum

    It is our last morning in Umbria as we bid our trip to Italy farewell today. Last night we tidied up the house and packed and arranged for Saverio to pick us up and take us to the train station at 10am. As a thank you we left him some…

  • Umbria, Italy: Tasting in La Bruna

    Umbria, Italy: Tasting in La Bruna

    Today we got to sleep in, well somewhat. Last night as I was doing my Instagram post the internet stopped working. After many failed attempts to reconnect I just went to sleep. When I woke up this morning I got up early and thankfully with the help of the host…

  • Umbria, Italy: The Little City of Assisi

    Umbria, Italy: The Little City of Assisi

    Today marks a full day for us on this Saturday since we have 3 different activities that we’re doing today. Saverio said he’d be by to pick us up at 8am to take us to the train station Passignano sul Trasimeno so that we could take the train to Assisi…

  • Umbria, Italy: The Heart of the Green City-Travel Day and Perugia

    Umbria, Italy: The Heart of the Green City-Travel Day and Perugia

    I’ve been excited about this trip since I bought it back in March and after Election Day now is a good time to break away. My mom and I are traveling to Rome and she’s meeting me in New York at JFK from RDU. I Amtraked up and the ride…

  • Guatemala-Lake Atitlán: Back to Back to Back

    Guatemala-Lake Atitlán: Back to Back to Back

    Cerr      I had an early morning sunrise hike of Indian Nose this morning at 4am so I got up around 3:20am. Hessler told me yesterday to be ready 3:55am and that’d he’d be there to pick me up. Well, at 3:33am he calls and says that he’s outside and…