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In a Los Angeles café I noticed a T.S. Eliot line written small and low beside the espresso machine: “I have measured out my life with coffee spoons.” I was struck by it because it made me think about how I measure out my life: in miles.

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LIFE IN MILES

The Adventures of a Girl in Motion

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Stirring Emotions in Cambodia: A Daughter’s Story

XOAO April 18, 2017

I was raised by a revolutionary. I actually hesitate to the use the word "raised." My dad did more of the raising, as did my grandparents and my aunts — I took a village. But the influence my mother, The …

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A Day with the Gentlest of Giants

XOAO April 4, 2017

It’s like being in a storybook, spending a day with elephants — meandering through a forest with them, feeding them, playing in the mud, bathing in a stream all together to wash off said mud… They are sweet, curious, and always hungry. They are …

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Why I’ll Return to Koh Pha Ngan

XOAO April 2, 2017

Karen Blixen said, ”I know the cure for everything: salt water... in one form or another. Sweat, tears, or the salt sea.” This evaluation pretty much sums up Koh Pha Ngan for me. I was incredibly stressed there for a …

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Escape to Chiang Mai!

XOAO April 1, 2017

By the end of our month in Koh Pha Ngan, I am tired of living with bugs, drops of blood on my duvet, and Remote Year drama. We only have about a week left before we go to Phnom Penh, …

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Hips and Dips in Koh Pha Ngan

XOAO October 16, 2016

I have had more hummus in the last week than I’ve had in the last year. And I am in Thailand. Don’t get me wrong, I love hummus. If I were stranded on a deserted island, and all I had …

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The Extraordinary Flavors of Kuala Lumpur

XOAO September 8, 2016

While Kuala Lumpur has some gorgeous architecture — like the stunning and imposing Petronas Towers — it is not a particularly beautiful city. It feels like so many places where the approach to urban planning is... mysterious. The streets literally …

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Gone Nomad: My Inevitable Life of Excess Baggage

XOAO September 1, 2016

Starting from a very early age, I was always traveling, and very often I was flying off on my own. Between two parents, one in NYC and one in Austin: I was the Unaccompanied Minor. I feel like you don’t …

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