I tramp a perpetual journey.

A-ha! Here we are at the blog that hibernated for two years. ;) But I do make an appearance every once in a while when time is permitted and I want to procrastinate from something. (such as my masters thesis)  --- Since I stowed away my camera so it would survive the rest of my trip, some of these photos aren't the best quality. I took them with my iPhone which I had to continuously shuffle in and out of a questionably waterproof pouch, however, I thought I would make a blog post about Lao's "Songkran" since it has now been a year since I traveled through that ever-beautiful, majestic country. 4,000 Islands - Laos Laos celebrates the Lunar New Year, Songkran (Pi Mai in Lao) similar to Thailand, Cambodia, Myanmar, Sri-Lanka and other parts of Southern and Southeast Asia; with lots and lots of water. Although it would have been interesting to experience the extreme celebration in Bangkok, I was happy to have been in a place where tourists and loc...

As promised, I have come back to write on my blog. ;)  In August, my dad and I took a trail that lead to the Zugspitze, the tallest mountain in Germany and of the Wetterstein Mountain Range (Northern Limestone Alps). Although I have hiked a lot in my life, the Zugspitze is the tallest mountain I have climbed to date at 9,718 ft. Not only did we climb the mountain, but we hiked for two days in pouring rain with semi-proper rain equipment, and endured the majority of the mountain covered in slippery snow. Needless to say, I purchased a postcard where I was able to see what the view “would” have looked like. Still, it was an amazing experience, which you can read more about below if you are interested. A little map on the train showed various stops and a cute picture of the Zugspitze. I would like to begin by saying that on our short, yet tiring two day trek, I did in fact bring a book of Henry David Thoreau’s Meditations called “A Light in the Woods” compiled and ...