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Discover more about your world by living in it. Learn foreign languages through immersive study. Master new skills by going to where they do them best. Go to where you feel uncomfortable, until strangers become your friends and you begin to feel at home.
Our tips for hiking the Usambara Mountains in Northern Tanzania, starting from Lushoto.… Read More
Why, how, and where to eat vegan in Israel. All the best foods, in a list and on a map.… Read More
The best resources I’ve found online for learning (or improving) Farsi or Persian. And many are free!… Read More
The ultimate guide for visiting Petra – With or without a tour. Including what to see, places to stay, and how to get to Petra.… Read More
Egypt shocked us with its amazing food in the time we spent there learning Egyptian Arabic. Egyptian food really managed to touch our souls. I think we were expecting Egyptian food to be good; we weren’t expecting to love all … Read More
For some reason, people find it hard to give me gifts, even though I think I make it painfully obvious. I like a lot of things… and obviously, I like to travel. Travel is the part that makes it hardest, … Read More
“Living the dream” is usually the caption that goes along with photos like the above. But the reason we started Discover Discomfort was not to “live the dream”. More than anything else, we wanted to remember how lucky we are. … Read More