the aloha blog

Hello everyone and welcome back to the Women Who Wander series! I’m excited to introduce my good friend Reece and her most recent adventure. Reece and I have quite literally known each other forever. We’ve traveled together several times before, and we were actually able to meet up when we were in Australia at the same time.  Where She Went Last semester, she was in New South Wales, Australia, for a study-abroad program. When she had a break from classes, she took a 20-day trip to Queensland. She started in Cairns, then made her way to Beerwah, Noosa Heads, Byron Bay, and Brisbane. She stayed in a variety of accommodations…

Hello everyone! I hope you are enjoying the Women Who Wander series. In this post, we are going to talk about Kiley. She has been featured in several of my blog posts, but if you don’t already know her, she is my super cool little sister.  Where She Went After graduating high school, Kiley decided to take a gap semester to travel around Europe. She spent about two months traveling around Portugal, Cyprus, Italy, Greece, Slovenia, Hungary, Austria, and Belgium.  Where She Stayed The first half of her trip in Portugal and Cyprus, she stayed with family friends. The rest of the time she stayed in hostels. This was her…

Hello everyone! This is the second post in my Women Who Wander series, and I’m very excited to introduce Lana. Lana and I first met while lifeguarding at the same beach a few years back. We have grown very close over the years, and I’m extremely grateful for her presence in my life. This past year, I got to wrap up her world tour with her in Hawaii. We created some amazing memories, and I’m excited to share her travels with everyone.  Where She Went During Lana’s trip, she went to Portugal, Denmark, Morocco, Spain, Italy, London, France, the Netherlands, and Hawaii. She spent two and a half months traveling…

Hi everyone! This is the first post in a new series I’m doing called Women Who Wander. This series is going to be centered around women and their travels. In this post, I’m excited to share my good friend Grace’s experience solo traveling in Southeast Asia.  Grace and I met in the fall of 2021, when we were both living in Hawaii. We quickly grew close and have stayed very close despite the physical distance between us. I tell everyone she is my long-distance Canadian best friend. Grace recently spent two months traveling in Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam. We called this her “Eat, Pray, Love trip,” and she got to…