Erin | September 18, 2009
Pago Pago, American Samoa – Summer 1988
I’m a princess. No, not that kind of princess – although I do have my tendencies…
I’m a Samoan princess. I know you don’t believe it, but it’s true. My father was made an honorary Samoan chief and I have all the royal paraphernalia to prove it.
See, Dad was a [...]
Erin | August 16, 2009
1991, Cu Chi Tunnels, Vietnam
After a few days of hanging out in Saigon, I hooked up with some other local travelers that I met at a café. This is pretty common with solo travelers, striking up a conversation over breakfast and off you go together on an adventure.
That day I wanted to check out the [...]
Erin | June 20, 2009
Summer, 1984: Beijing, China / Part 2 of a two-part series.
The second story is about squat toilets, which you would expect would make quite an impression on a teenager girl. Our group of Hawaii students shared two squat toilets in a co-ed bathroom. As I mentioned, there were only 10 in our group, so [...]
