Picture this: It’s 5 PM, and you’re at the top of a mountain in a remote village in Northern Thailand, enjoying happy hour with a family of elephants and fellow travelers.

Have you ever fallen in love with someone in a new city? With its cobblestone streets and historic charm, Montreal became the backdrop for a love story—my love story with myself.

Ironically, my detty December in Nigeria was anything but “detty.”  While Lagos deserves its blog post for the whirlwind of traffic and errands that consumed my time there,