Below are some of my favorite travel memories—collected by stepping into the unknown among strangers. My life has been infinitely better since, and my biggest wish is for you to experience this too.

European Escapade

Seeing the Eiffel Tower for the first time!! A huge bucket list for me.
Being silly in Pisa, Italy
Polaroids I got tricked into buying, but I loved them so it's fine!
The stunning castle in Sintra, Portugal!
Walking around Santorini
Went to the top of Europe!! The highest train station in Europe, found in Switzerland.
Lisbon center. Absolutely stunning!
Bangkok Train Station
Hiking the Salkantay trek with my amazing Alpaca Expeditions team!
Mount Bromo at Sunrise
Exploring Angkor Wat!
The Cheeky Monkey's at their final family dinner
Building paths in the forest with the munks in northern Thailand at PaPae meditation retreat
Made it to Machu Picchu with Alpaca Expeditions!! The best guide.
Walking around stunning Hanoi, Vietnam
Spinning around in the coconut boats in Hoi An Vietnam
Me and my South American besties that I met in Madrid!!
The Cheeky Monkeys at the jungle party in Koh phangan. The night before the epic full moon party!!
Friends I made in Huaraz, Peru! We watched Copa America matches together and they wanted to throw me a birthday party!!
Me with new friends exploring Sintra, Portugal! We met on my first night on my first backpacking trip! My first solo travel friends forever.
Me and my girl friends at the sand dunes in Mui Ne, Vietnam!
Me and Anne at Mount Bromo! Her and I met and bonded on a random boat trip in Thailand. Somehow we ended up traveling through Indonesia together and becoming really close! We still talk and both ended up backpacking Latin America one year later.
Started a bar crawl in hamburg, Germany.
Biking in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam with a sweet Canadian girl I made good friends with!
Biking in Ha Long Bay... A dream come true!
Exploring an incredible cave in Vietnam!
Me with new friends in route from Hue, Vietnam to Hoi An, Vietnam along the Hai Van Pass!!
Feeling alive on the Hai Van Pass!!
Tipsy Tubing in vang vieng, Laos. Made so many friends. Had a blast!!
Another big buddha in Southern Thailand!

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