A few years ago my friend Matt Kepnes told me about a new foundation, FLYTE, that he was forming to help students who didn’t have the means to get out and see the world. I loved the idea. It was my study abroad experience in Taiwan that changed the course of my entire life just […]
How Traveling Helped Me Love My Body
The following is a guest post by Kathleen: I’m curled up in my hostel bunk bed, clean and cool after showering off the Bangkok heat and pollution. The sense of awe I had felt that day at the ancient Wat Arun slips away as I look through my photos. All I can see is how […]
What to Do When Things Go Wrong When You Solo Travel
Last month I entered into a stressful time in my life. I’m talking health issues, a crazy high expense coming in that I wasn’t expecting, and struggling with insomnia – something I’d never experienced before. I was starting to feel disenchanted with the blog and called the whole concept into question. My coach was off […]
Palawan’s Best Things To Do: An Awesome Itinerary
Palawan in the Philippines is a vacation unto itself. Full of island hopping adventures, dramatic cliffs, hidden lagoons, underwater rivers, and white sand beaches, you have to put in a concerted effort not to find more things to do on Palawan than you have time for. The following itinerary has some of the best things […]
The 15 Best Places in the USA for Solo Travelers
The USA is gorgeous, from sea to shining sea. I love being from such a huge and varied country with all kinds of different landscapes, cultures, and things to see. If I spent my lifetime never leaving the States and only exploring my own backyard, I’d have so much variety it would still feel like […]