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I have never been moved so much. After I spent more than an hour listening to the commentary about the genocide that killed between 1.2 to 3.4 million people between 1975 and 1979, my eyes began to tear. As an American, I only briefly learned about what happened in Cambodia when I was in middle […]

Here’s what I found this week that I think is interesting, informative or inspirational. Enjoy! Videos Sell your crap. Pay your debt. Do you what you love. – Adam Baker was a new father who decided the typical American dream wasn’t for him. This is how he got out of thousands of dollars of debt to […]

Beyond the sounds of the waves and the beat of the reggae music on Caye Caulker, you might also hear a “meow,” or maybe 86 of them. This side of the island is home to P.A.W.’s, run by Madi Collins. She started the animal sanctuary after returning home from the United States. One day in […]

I’m starting a new series where I post every Monday morning the best travel videos and stories I’ve read over the week (in this case, weekend). Yes, I know you should be working, but it is Monday after all, and let’s face it, they suck. The Videos Packing Like a Pro – Want to know […]

The last thing that I wanted to think about when I started traveling was working, but it’s an easy way to keep more money in your pocket and get to now a city better. “It didn’t feel like a job. I was working five hours a day and drinking the rest,” my friend Dillon McCord […]