Jerusalem for the Day
In the US, Sunday is seen as the day of rest. That wasn't the case with us. Eager to see as much of Jerusalem as we could, our two car...
Skipping Stones and Reunions Half-Way Around the World
I'm backtracking a little bit as I struggle through writing my blog posts on my phone/tablet until the charger for my laptop, that I conveniently forgot in the US, arrives...
Destination: Israel (Day 1)
Quick recap: I arrived in Israel on Friday and was supposed to take off on Saturday for a sail across the Atlantic, but we're stranded in Israel until our paperwork arrives,...
The Flight That Changed My Life
Nearly 26 hours after leaving my house in Portland, I arrived in Tel Aviv. Here I am, 12 hours after landing, finally going to bed. (I couldn't stay awake long...
The Hardest Part About Quitting My Job
I'm sitting here, 10,000ft in the air, writing to you from the middle seat of my flight from Portland to New York and my mind is blown. Over the past...
Taking a Leap of Faith to Travel
A few weeks ago, I sent a friend who is chartering boats in the Caribbean an email to ask where he was going to be in April/May so I could...
Thanksgiving Thanks
I woke up at 3:30am to head to the airport to catch a flight to Orlando via Chicago. Yet here I am, almost 17 hours later, sprawled out on my...
Just Call Me Scuba Diving Sejal
I'm not a quitter, I'm just slow. That's one of the many phrases that I use to describe myself. In some aspects of life, I want to move fast and...
Quick Cheap Getaway to…Israel?
Number 14 on my bucket list is, "Fly somewhere on a whim". Here's what I was thinking of when I put it on the list: Me: What do you want...
Celebrating the ‘Selfie’
Oxford Dictionaries announced their Word of the Year 2013: selfie noun, informal (also selfy; plural selfies): a photograph that one has taken of oneself, typically one taken with a smartphone or webcam and uploaded to...