Guide to Hosting: Caribbean Edition
People pay thousands of dollars to visit Barbados. If you are lucky enough to know someone that lives on the island, it may curb […]
176 Days of Surfing: True Grit, Perseverance, and Community
I live in a place where you can surf 176 days in a row. I know this because I have seen it done…by younger fellows, […]
Expats: Living Far Away from Home
You may find it strange that for someone that believes so strongly in connection, I felt it was so much easier living away from family […]
Burglar Bars: Embracing Bajan Decor
I have never liked the burglar bars over the windows, but I am going to embrace them. I still do not know if they […]
A Year in Review
I landed in Barbados November 26, 2020, exhausted after being surrounded by more people on the plane than I had been in contact with the […]
Expat living: When do you argue, and when do you accept it as part of the culture?
As ridiculous as it may sound, I am in an altercation with my landlord over housekeeping. I have heard enough similar stories to wonder if […]
Simplicity: A Year of Even Less
For many years now I have been daring to ask: How much does it take to live? At the heart of this is the question, […]
Friendship & Community: The Saviors of Living Abroad
I can only speak to the beauty of friendship and building community from the perspective of a single traveler. Many years ago, I moved to […]
Letting Go: of the Attachments that Keep me Stuck
I heard about the working remote visas on a Sunday in late September. My friends thought it was to the Bahamas, I applied to Bermuda […]
Ride the Wave: and Other Life Lessons Surfing in Barbados
Some of you are joining my journey mid-way. In summary, this post is a taster of the things I have learned through surfing in Barbados. […]