Hey guys!
Just wanted to fill you in on what’s buzzing with the bugs! Our plans have changed and we are no longer traveling together to Africa this summer as the World Travel Bugs. However, the Butterfly, Bee, and Firefly (Shelley, Sierra, and Tyler) have further to fly! We remain the ‘World Travelbugs’ and will [...]

On a gray and misty morning, my heart was broken and mended again on a long walk.
The air was thick and damp, heavy. The further I walked, the heavier I became.

This was Auschwitz.
A death camp where over 1.1 million people perished through no fault of their own.
From this “factory of death,” crumbling two hours [...]

The backpack; Our identitiy, our resume, our personality. All spelled out in an object. With it, we are a community, one people. We’re travelers who leave our homes, our country, our comfort to go, to do. To get lost, to make mistakes, to seek adventure, the unknown.
We are backpackers.

We are not afraid. We are open [...]

I always felt horrible for Julia Roberts in Pretty Woman when she walked into the high end clothing store on Rodeo Drive. The way the store attendants looked at her, disgust spewing from their questioning eyes and impatient pout of their glossed lips, like she belonged back on the streets. Ouch. What an awful situation [...]