One perk of living in Korea is having the temporal upper-hand. I’m about a day ahead of friends and family Stateside, which gives me a wide enough window of time to just about guarantee well-wishing punctuality on important days. I also get to test drive my New Year’s resolutions. I make my list on January [...]
December 7, 2011
How to Wrangle a Microadventure
Adventure is a gnarly word. A conjurer of Everest expeditions, offbeat bushwhacking, and transcontinental travel. Its unknown and enchanting, a bewitcher of adrenaline junkies, mega athletes, and insatiable explorers alike. But it can also be unnecessarily exclusive, looming just above anyone limited by time, money, physical ability, or just plain old self-confidence. So, [...]
December 3, 2011
6 Life Lessons from Sayram-Hu Lake
I’m a glass half full Serendipitist. I like to think when you keep your heart and mind open the universe works in wonderful ways. By a perverse stroke of luck, I’m also a stubbornly neurotic realist. An empty glass is an empty glass. Holy dancing monkeys, don’t tell me that it’s full of opportunity! Essentially [...]
November 24, 2011
How to Eat Fried Snickers with Chopsticks
Zhonghaziang, China. Its not even a town, but a cluster of buildings squatting alongside the road to Gaoyi City in Hebei Province. Barely even acknowledged on a map, this dusty roadside den is making a deep fried splash across the country. No one is quite sure how it started, but its clear that there’s no [...]
October 18, 2011
Rocking and Randonneuring!
Random-what-ing? I know, I said the same thing when a friend of mine suggested we put a team together. Rummage around the interweb a bit and you might come up with these fun facts: 12 Italians completed the first randonneur on June 12, 1897 (Rome to Naples) Courses are 200, 400, 600, or 1000 kilometers [...]
August 22, 2011
Week 1: 4,000 meters and 21 Cups of Tea
Just. Pause. So you’re wondering how the 41 Days 15 Do’s Challenge is going? I’ve asked myself a lot (especially in the midst of a cold shower or a morning sans caffeine) why I chose to do this. There are two answers: 1) I wanted to push the Reset button. 2) I needed a challenge to [...]
August 18, 2011
Check Out the Island of Awesome!
It’s Wednesday. In the working world we call it Hump Day. I figure why not turn that mid-week mound into something a bit…awesomer? It’s already floating between Tuesday and Thursday. Plant a few palms, whip up a salty sea breeze, add a dash of coconut oil and sunscreen. Whamo zammo! You’re on the Island of [...]
August 7, 2011
41 Days 15 Do’s
You used to be much more”muchier.” You’ve lost your muchness. —The Mad Hatter (Alice and Wonderland 2010) I know you won’t believe me, but I’m sure you’re wondering where I’ve been the last couple of weeks. So I’ll tell you: to Wonderland and back. Crazy, aye? If you come closer and promise to tell everyone, [...]
July 22, 2011
Day 1: Fears, Cheers and Ferry Beers!
If you’re reading this to be entertained, addled to act, rattled to roll, or jostled to jump out of your skin in divine inspiration, you need not read further. There’s no poetry in these prose. No sarcastic sagacity, no romantic rendering of extreme experiences. Just a few elementary observations strung together with linguistic frugality. Completely [...]
July 18, 2011
7 Steps to Surviving Monsoon Madness
It started with short weekend hikes and snowballed into slightly longer, harder or just plain sillier and more hair-brained walks, runs and treks. Enviable by the standards of any seasoned weekend warrior. New Zealand was my playground and I had two equally nutty sidekicks. I remember a phone call to my parents, wherein I detailed [...]
About Me
Katie Tibbetts is a travelling writer, teacher and adventure seeker. While she has yet to live with Inuits or traverse the Sahara barefoot, she has managed to tear through two passports and thirty-one countries. She also cycled from Beijing to London, survived an Ironman, studied among Kiwis, and lived and worked in Ecuador and Peru. She’s currently running, biking and eating her way around South Korea while teaching in Seoul.
- How to measure yourself against yourself.
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Meet the BB Lemonade Brigade
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6 Life Lessons from Sayram-Hu Lake
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How to Wrangle a Microadventure
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2012: Firing up the Water Dragon Year
January 24, 2012
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