Erika is an avid traveler and explorer of over ninety countries on six different continents. Since 2011, she has spent time studying Arabic in the Middle East, teaching English in Namibia and working as a flight attendant for a major US airline. When not traveling overseas, she loves exploring her own backyard in the beautiful Pacific Northwest.

  • Jordan

    First Impressions of Amman

    I arrived in Jordan in the middle of the Arab Spring, during a time filled with uncertainty for the future of the region. All the reports I was reading on the news were predicting that Jordan would be next after Tunisia to erupt in chaos and, while I didn’t think too much of the headlines before leaving, I couldn’t quite shake the unsettling feeling in the pit of my stomach during my flight from the United States. As soon as I arrived in Amman, however, I started to feel differently. The people…

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