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Returning to India After a Decade

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Taj Mahal, India 2015 India is located in South Asia and is home to the world’s largest population with over 1.5 billion people! India is a huge subcontinent with 28 states covering deserts, Himalayan mountains,  some of the world’s largest cities, and about 5,000 miles of coast. India was colonized by Great Britain and gained their independence in 1947. The most commonly spoken language is Hindi but there are 22 official languages in India. English is commonly spoken as well. Out of everywhere we have traveled, India has been the easiest to navigate as far as the lack of language barrier most of the time. India is the most multilingual country in the world with 121 languages spoken and over 19,500 dialects. Hinduism is practiced by the majority of the population (79.8%) followed by Islam (14.2%), Christianity (2.3%), Sikhism (1.7%), Buddhism (0.7%), and Jainism (0.4%). Their cuisine is my absolute favorite with all of their bold spices - some of which will set your mouth on f...
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Vietnam Overview + Checking in, in real time

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Disclaimer: I just spent the past 2 hours writing this blog post just for it to disappear into thin air as I went to publish it. This is the third time something like this has happened, but the first time I've lost an ENTIRE post. I’m close to tears, so I’m going to distract myself by trying to crank it out again. Okay here we go… *insert eye roll emoji*  Current Update Greetings from India! Since my last post about Cambodia, we have spent 25 days in Vietnam and the past 10 days in India. We are currently fighting a pretty serious case of food poisoning, especially poor Atticus. We believe we have been infected with E. coli bacteria based on our symptoms. Atticus hasn’t left bed in 2 days and his fever got up to 102 today. My fever hasn’t passed 99.9 and I’ve been able to leave bed, but it feels like someone is ringing out my intestines like a sponge. Ouch! We don’t know what caused this or why Atticus is struggling more than me. We’ve been really careful and have avoided all of th...
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10 Days in Cambodia

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Today marks our last day in Cambodia and I am sitting here thinking about how 10 days wasn't nearly enough time to explore this beautiful country. We began our trip in Siem Reap, 15 minutes from a complex full of ancient temples where the world's largest religious monument stands, then we moved on to the capital where we learned about the heartbreaking history that happened not long ago. If we had more time, we would've gone on a jungle trek in the northeast and explored some of Southeast Asia's most beautiful islands that lie off the coast of Cambodia. I can't believe we originally only planned to come for 3 days... If you ever come to Cambodia, don't be like 90% of tourists and only go to Siem Reap. This country has so much more to offer. This was just the preview... We will be back!  A little background history: Cambodia is home to 17.4 million people (as of 2023) and 93% of the population is Buddhist. The people speak Khmer and the top two biggest industries...
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