Finding Me Wherever I May Be

My first big solo travel has come to an end but my inspiration and ambition has just begun. I visited 3 new countries(Thailand, Malaysia, and Singapore), 2 new states(Pennsylvania and Ohio). Put my toes in the sands of 15 different beaches and explored 3 different islands. I had 17 different temporary homes. I traveled on 10 different planes, 4 ferries, a sleeper train, countless buses, taxis, tuk-tuks, and motorbikes, 1 of though ride I even questioned my survival. Upon my arrival I dealt with one of the worst sickness of my life. I managed to get just one minor injury, which is impressive if you know me and I didn't even lose or damage my phone! I tried lots of new food, some good and some not so much. There are countless unforgettable memories and I have met so many incredible people, with some being life long friends now. It was great spending time with old friends as well. Words can not sum up this experience but it has changed me. My phone tracked that I walked 227.5km(141...

Carnegie Museum and the 'WE ARE NATURE, Living in the Anthropocene' Exhibit The previous day I had planned to visit the Carnegie Museum but it being a Tuesday they were closed. Upon waking this morning I decided today would be the day. I looked up their hours and they happened to have half off their final two hours of being opened, so I decided to do that thinking it would be enough time. Let me tell you now before getting to the good stuff, two hours is not , I repeat  NOT ,  enough time to absorb and see the Carnegie Museum! This is an all day adventure. Anyway... I saw that they had an exhibit going on called the 'WE ARE NATURE, Living in the Anthropocene'. Only the other day I had learned what Anthropocene was; We have been living in the geological Holocene Era and now it is being proposed that we have now entered the Antropocene Era (Carnegie 'WE ARE NATURE, Living in the Anthropocene'). Anthropocene is " the period of time during which human acti...

The days plan was to checkout Carnegie Museum of Art and Natural History, but upon arrival I found out that they sadly were not open on Tuesdays. Instead I checked out the Conservatory, had a perfect lunch at Unique Eats with my friend and decided to head to the famous Randyland. My friend had told me briefly about it when I was checking out a poem attached to her fridge a few nights back. From Oakland neighborhood I caught bus 74 that dropped me off a couple blocks down the road. It was a warm, lovely, sunny November day. When headed up Arch St from W North Ave it was not hard to miss Randyland as I approached! My eyes did not know what to focus on and I hadn't even set foot into the gates of this colorful outdoor art gallery yet! Within my first couple steps in I began having an eyegasm from all the sights and wonders! There were bright colored chairs going up the walls, set up in lounge areas and throughout the yard. Multi colored painted doors and plastic toy dinosaurs...