In December this year, I went on a backpacking trip to Point Reyes. Though this sounds really cool it was raining cats and dogs which really ruined the trip. On the first day, we hiked about 4 miles through the green forest of point Reyes until...
One of my weekends on exchange I spent down in Santa Barbara. This was a great trip for surfers and people that like to party. The UCSB is a campus with beautiful students, palm trees beaches, and if I were to study anywhere other than...
We went for a 17-mile round trip hike that would take us all the way to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Little did we know it was a two-day hike instead of a single day hike and later we would suffer dearly for that. When...
It took me a while to decide whether I wanted to go to the Grand Canyon or not. I thought the Grand Canyon would be overhyped and not worth the effort. I couldn't have been more wrong when I stood at the south rim and...
One of the most beautiful places I've ever seen is the Antelope canyon. Antelope canyon I located near Page in Arizona. It's an old canyon that was formed through thousands of years of rainfall and is iconic for its incredibly smooth red sandstone walls that...
As an exchange student In California there is a worldwide renown destination that you definitely have to visit: Las Vegas. The city is known for its fascinating hotels, gambling shows and non-stop entertainment. But is it really worth it? Honestly, I think if you have the...
The second day of our trip we hiked for around 10 miles and ended up at a small lake called Dik's lake. Here we built up our camp and went for a short hike up to Dik's pass. We enjoyed the beautiful view from the...
My second trip outside of SF took me backpacking to desolation wilderness. This is an area outside of Lake Tahoe that cannot be accessed by car. We were a group of 9 people that had all our food and equipment for the next 3 days...
Leaving San Francisco to go to lake Tahoe was my first chance to get out of the city. The ride there took nearly 4 hours and was organizes by the outdoor resource center of Mashouf. After arriving at lake Tahoe our group of 8 people...
Being an exchange student and only being able to stay in SF for a limited amount of time made me want to see as much of the city as thoroughly as possible. I know life in SF is already expensive enough so here are some...