An open letter to the first-time international traveler

Dear first-time international traveler,

Sit down and graba beer, coffee, or tea. No, seriously, if you’re not reading this letter with a beverage of choice in hand, stop reading and go get one.

There. That’s better.

You might be feeling nervous about traveling internationally because you’ve read some horror story online, or your friends have told you a crazy story about this one time at a hostel…? You know he’s prone to exaggerating, and you also know not to believe everything you read online, b...