By Ananya Krishnan It’s impossible to capture the staggering natural beauty and rich resurging culture of New Zealand in just words and a few pictures, but for the next few paragraphs, I’ll make my best attempt. My family and I visited the North Island in December 2017, and for the…

By Angelica Gomez Poki-Fry, a local restaurant in Guam that sells gourmet fries, poki bowls, sandwiches, and tacos, was one of things that I told myself I would miss before leaving for college. My go-to order, a spicy salmon poke bowl, was not only a delicious meal that I frequently…

By Jennifer Zhang Vancouver Island, situated right off the coast of British Columbia, is a place where biodiversity thrives within its charming natural landscape. …

By Parker Piccolo Hill Anyone who’s ever been anywhere has seen it. That little green sticker in the window, yellow stars shining like a beacon guiding you through a sea of untrustworthy restaurants. The TripAdvisor badge of honor, marker through the ages for travelers in forsaken lands. TripAdvisor, a popular…

By Kelly Ryoo Growing up in California, my family and I often visited LA during school breaks — specifically, LA’s Koreatown. Koreatown is full of delicious Korean food (as authentic as it gets in the US, in my opinion). So, let me introduce you to some of my favorite restaurants…

By Jean Hyun Kim My adventure started when my friend asked me to go to the other side of South Korea with him. Two of my friends, plus an acquaintance of mine, had been planning to go to Gwangju, a province in South Korea where one of my friends lived…

By Jessie Greenstein When thinking of the Wild West, the vision of high mountain peaks, barren desert land, and rodeos may come to fruition. Yet, in this vast expanse of land comes hikes, adventures, and memories to last a lifetime. Two summers ago, I traveled on a road trip around…

By Kelly Ryoo The salty smell of the sea washes over me as I walk down the beach. Standing at the edge of the ocean, I wiggle my toes in the sand and enjoy the warm sunlight. …

By Angelica Gomez The summer of 2019 was when I finally visited Osaka, Japan. As the taxi drove down the nearly empty streets, I leaned toward the window and examined the city’s golden specks of light that glimmered against a black abyss-like sky. It was almost midnight, and the city…