Vagabonding Case Study: Cat Gaa
Cat Gaa 
Age: 29
Hometown: Wheaton, Illinois
Quote: “Remember that, wherever your heart is, that is where you’ll find your treasure.” – Paolo Coehlo
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Cat Gaa
Age: 29
Hometown: Wheaton, Illinois
Quote: “Remember that, wherever your heart is, that is where you’ll find your treasure.” – Paolo Coehlo
Traveling the world long-term rewards people with unforgettable adventures, timeless memories. However, long-term travel often comes with a price in the form of travel burnout. \
Long-Term travel means that you are most likely moving consistently. It is a wild experiencing jetting around the globe immersing yourself in vivacious cultures, colossal temples, and unmatched landscape.
However, after months or years travelers can start to get tired of the road, seeing temple after temple, packing and … Read more »
Creative Writing Workshop at the Paris American Academy July 1st through the 29th, 2015
I’ll be teaching an intensive, month-long creative writing workshop at the Paris American Academy this July. College credit is available for this hands-on English-language writing program, which includes courses in:
Fiction Poetry Travel Writing Memoir Screenplays and dramatic writing Journal Writing Presentation and Performance
In addition to taking classes and amassing … Read more »
The travel community is truly one of the most giving I know of. Most people who travel do so because they recognize how much our world has to offer. We want to connect. We want to help. We may not always have lots of money, but we do have very big hearts.
When tragedy strikes, as … Read more »
A popular backpackers stop off, Gili Trawangan (Gili T) is part of a very small chain of islands just off of Lombok and near Bali. Many people come here to learn to dive because it’s prices are competetive and the island has a reputation for parties. It’s also unique in that there are no motor vehicles or dogs allowed and the only form of transportation on the island apart from your own two feet is … Read more »
“Disdaining tourists is the last permitted snobbery, a coded way of distancing oneself from the uncultured classes. And it drives me beyond bonkers to incoherence — so I shall try to settle down. Examined calmly, there is no conflict between tourism and traveling. Just as one may eat one day at McDonald’s and the next beneath Michelin stars, so one may both romp about the beaches of Lloret de Mar and trek through the Sarawak … Read more »
The seat belts sign flashed off. Immediately the aisle filled with people, reaching overhead for bags, hauling suitcases from the ceiling. Slowly the plane emptied. Finally, it was my turn to step into the aisle to freedom.
I reached below the seat in front of me, pulled free my bag, slung it over a shoulder and jogged … Read more »
Since I hadn’t had time to change my clothes that morning, I arrived at the Jordanian customs station in Aqaba with the bloodstains still on my pants. The blood had dried to the point where I didn’t look like a fresh mass murderer, but no doubt I appeared a bit odd walking through the ferry station with scallop-edged black droplets on my boots and … Read more »
Troy Whitmarsh 
Age: 26
Hometown: Ceduna, Australia (A small town of 4000 people – 8 Hours drive from the nearest city.)
Quote: Every bad decision leads to a good story.