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An Intro to Canadian Car Camping

By: Julia Escaño December 21, 2015August 9, 2017

N. America, Traveladventures, british columbia, camping, canada, Feature, narrative, outdoor, roadtrips, vancouver island3 Comments

“It should be here somewhere.” Sandy slowed to a crawl on Highway 4, looking for an abandoned logging road that should take us to our campsite by Lake Kennedy. According to the internet, it was a few kilometers before the Tofino-Ucluelet Junction, yet we had already reached the junction and turned around. We never saw…

The Sun Sets on a Journey

By: Julia Escaño November 26, 2014February 25, 2017

Asia, Traveladventures, Bali, Bali International Airport, Indochina2014, Indonesia, narrative, solo travel, travel8 Comments

Four AM. The world was sound asleep. It was pitch black beyond the lone bulb on my room’s terrace. I sat beneath the light, my bags packed, waiting for the driver to take me back to the Bali International Airport, about two hours away. The epic journey, Indochina 2014, was about to end.

Yangon Imagery

By: Julia Escaño September 10, 2014January 5, 2016

Asia, Traveladventures, Aung Mingalar Station, Bagan, Burma, D7000, Indochina2014, longform, Myanmar, narrative, roadtrips, travel, Yangon1 Comment

Fantastical and exotic images filled my mind as our plane descended onto the runway at Yangon International Airport. Myanmar was my most anticipated destination in our trip because it seemed so far removed and untouched. Having just “reopened” to the rest of the world several years back,

Koh Phangan, My Thai Spirit Guide & Traveling Too Fast

By: Julia Escaño September 2, 2014January 5, 2016

Asia, Travelbangkok, beach, D7000, full moon party, Indochina2014, koh phangan, longform, narrative, roadtrips, surat thani, thailand, travelLeave a Comment

My chest tightened as the bus pulled up into the 4am frenzy of Bangkok’s Southern Terminal. Three quarters of the journey was finally done, but ahead lay the most precarious leg yet.

The Battle of Dien Bien Phu 2014

By: Julia Escaño August 9, 2014May 7, 2017

Asia, Traveladventures, buses, hellride, Indochina2014, longform, narrative, roadtrips, storytelling, Vietnam2 Comments

Six o’ clock PM. The fog hung low over the plaza at Sapa’s town center. My friends Nica, Bernice, and I stood across the Holy Rosary Church taking selfies as we waited for our sleeper bus to Dien Bien Phu, where we would cross the border to Laos. Here and there were small groups of…