After a trip to Cambodia changed her view of life, Rebecca found herself moving across the globe to see what else was out there. She has lived in Jordan, and traveled throughout Asia and the Middle East. She currently lives in Rome, Italy, where we caught up with her for an interview on what life is like living as an expat in a foreign country. Here's what she had to say...

Every day, I share a travel related post on my Facebook Page from either a fellow travel blogger who follows my page and interacts with me there, or from another Facebook travel blogger whom I subscribe to and read regularly. 

At the end of the week, I compile all 7 of my daily Facebook "Travel Blog Shares" into one blog post published here, with the intent of making good quality travel content easier to find and more accessible to my readers! 

Here are this week's shared posts!

I had Vietnamese coffee at lunch a couple Sundays ago. "Big deal," you might say. Well, it is a big deal, for me. You see, living in Taiwan, I've been deprived of conveniently accessible truly gourmet coffee for over three years now, and it's time for me to fight for my rights to again be obsessed with all things coffee bean along with any of it's aromatic byproducts.  

Lunch was not the first time I had ever tasted Vietnamese coffee. I can still think back now when my friend Scott got back from his trip through Southeast Asia, and one of the things he'd unpacked from his travels was a small tin contraption made up of several parts. I hadn't understood it at the time, but this filter would eventually TURN MY WORLD UPSIDE DOWN!

On a recent Facebook Page post I asked the travel question: Would you rather...be fluent in every language OR master all the instruments in the world? It sparked off a series of interesting replies from both sides of the coin, and even one that was like a whole other coin in itself.  Here are some of the replies and reasons given.

Every day, I share a travel related post on my Facebook Page from either a fellow travel blogger who follows my page and interacts with me there, or from another Facebook travel blogger whom I subscribe to and read regularly. 

At the end of the week, I compile all 7 of my daily Facebook "Travel Blog Shares" into one blog post published here, with the intent of making good quality travel content easier to find and more accessible to my readers! 

For as long as I've known him, my friend Jordan Costa has always been an adventure drifting junkie.
 
Born and raised on the island of Maui, Hawai'i, he has traveled around the globe in search of any adventure he can get his hands on. 

He has gone snowboarding, bungee jumping, diving, racing, dog sledding and so on in places like Oregon, Texas, Canada, Mexico and more.

As a Hawai'i born local boy, the water is Jordan's second home. 

A couple of weeks ago I caught up with Jordan for a quick interview on what it's like for an adventure junkie like him to have the beaches of Hawai'i as his backyard. We talked about one of his favorite past times, spearfishing. 

Here are just a few of things he shared with me...

Hawaii Dried Plum, or Li Hing Mui, is a beloved childhood snack for many local kids in Hawaii. It's triple punch combination of salty/sweet/sour is an acquired taste for many who haven't grown up eating it. 

Watch this video first and test your whale knowledge!

Have you ever been to Hawaii to witness the annual migration of humpback whales there? Recently, my friend Makana Vianzos was out fishing off the coast of the Hawaiian island of Moloka'i when their group encountered a pod of beautiful humpback whales singing and welcoming in the day. 

For centuries, the ocean had been plentiful with humpback whales. But the dawn of the 20th century saw the beginning of commercial whaling on a  grand scale and the decline of this beautiful marine species.