Travel Far. Discover More. Spend Less.
My desire to visit Vietnam was ignited the first time I glimpsed a photograph of Halong Bay. It countered the image of Vietnam I had conjured in my head; the one where chaotic streets are overcrowded with motorbikes and stifled with pollution.… Read the rest
Let me start by saying that I am not a doctor; I am a traveler. A full-time traveler, actually. One of my biggest concerns when we started our nomadic adventures in 2014 was how to stay healthy while traveling.
Germs lurk in the spaces where travelers spend most of their time: airplanes, buses, trains, crowded attractions and hotel rooms (among other places!).… Read the rest
On the day that we left for our Around the World Trip in 2014, I was less than confident about what I had packed to travel the world. I had researched, made a concise long-term travel packing list and had been collecting items for almost six months.… Read the rest
Beep. Beep. Beep. My eyes snapped open at the sound of my alarm and in the complete darkness I groped the bedside table in search of my phone. The bright screen showed 4:00am – a ridiculous hour for an alarm to be beeping – and under normal circumstances I would be irked, but I was already alert and awake.… Read the rest
When traveling through the eastern part Europe, it seems logical to go from Ljubljana to Budapest – and it made sense for our travels, too.
After our two-week stay in Ljubljana, we picked Budapest as our next destination, a natural progression after we had worked our way north through the Balkans.… Read the rest
Our remote and off-the-beaten-path location of Zancudo, Costa Rica implies a sense of isolation. The single, unnamed dirt road runs parallel to the six-mile stretch of Playa Zancudo and ends at the point. It is easy to feel secluded and cut off from the rest of the world, but, in reality, there are several day trip destinations.… Read the rest