Death Cab Says: You Are A Tourist

The one where I try, yet again, to make my triumphant return to blogging. Come on, get happy!

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Daily Inspiration: Led Zeppelin

This edition of the not-so Daily Inspiration brought to you by the one and only Led Zeppelin and a lovely candid photo of two of my nearest and dearest travelers, Andrea and Cat, in sand dunes of Mui Ne, Vietnam.

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Roadtrippin’ and Rejoining the Workforce

Midway into my fourth week of a new job, I've realized quite a few things about myself and, what it is exactly, that irks me about the 9-5 grind. It only took about 20 paper cuts, cotton mouth and a whirlwind road trip with my boyfriend to Washington, D.C. this past weekend to help me figure out what I already knew while staring at my longtail boat background on my office computer every day.

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Let the Countdown Begin!

Monday, Oct. 18 was my 23rd birthday and two-year marking point — one that seems fitting to officially begin saving for my next round-the-world adventure at the ripe old age of 25.

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Meeting an Unconventional Community

Last Saturday, after many missed opportunities, I spent the evening at Chris Guillebeau's New Haven, Conn. meet-up for the Unconventional Book Tour. The evening was full of goodies and spirited conversation about living a remarkable life on your terms while doing good for the world.

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Daily Inspiration: Rory MacLean

This entry for Daily Inspiration is brought to you by the best book I've read in a long time, by traveling writer Rory MacLean. Live it, learn it, love it.

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Visiting Refugees in Bangkok’s IDC

Now that I'm back in the States, as promised I'm taking the time to write about the things I did along my route that I never had the opportunity to write about previously on She's in Love with the World. Follow along as I revisit some of my favorite, memorable and most stops on my journey. First up are my twice-weekly visits to Bangkok's Immigration Detention Center, a place that few tourists venture deep enough into the city to see.

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SILWTW Featured on GO! Overseas

She's in Love with the World is one of GO! Overseas Top 10 Travel Blogs on the web and this week's featured interview on their site. Come check it out!

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What I’ve Been Reading on the Road

Nothing is a better cure for a never-ending bus trip or lazy night in the hostel common room than a good book.

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Daily Inspiration: Cesare Pavese

“Traveling is a brutality. It forces you to trust strangers and to lose sight of all that familiar comfort of home and friends. You are constantly off balance. Nothing is yours except the essential things — air, sleep, dreams, the sea, the sky — all things tending towards the eternal or what we imagine of it.”

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