Butter goes with croissants like pronunciation goes with learning a new language. Which means, as a kindergarten English teacher, I spend a lot of time demonstrating proper pronunciation and ensuring it’s repeated correctly. Basically, what I’m trying to say is I spend a lot of time looking at little kids’ mouths. And what’s inside a…

By 10:18 a.m. today, I taught my first-ever English class to a group of twenty-five 4-year-olds. By the end of the lightning-fast 30-minute session, I received three hugs from three new friends. I love these kids. It didn’t matter that I arrived in Ho Chi Minh 16 hours before, never taught English before, and received…

To the city that made me fall in love with it all over again. Your inviting vibrant energy has pulled me right back in. It’s good to be back.

Raced me on a motorbike. Swore every other word. Shared her fears with me Smiled at me unprompted. Approached me and told me about her adventures. I hope our paths cross again.

Driving through Bali on motorbikes at night. Leaving the house with the sole goal of seeing the sunset. Doing a massage every night. Using up an entire bottle of aloe over three days. Street racing on central roads.