It’s confession time: sometimes, I’m really scared to travel to certain places alone. Sometimes, even if the bus ride is 9 hours long, I dread the last 15 minutes because I’m going to have to rise to the occasion, watch the motorbike taxi drivers as they point directly at me excitedly, ready to grab my […]
Sapa: Trekking Rice Terraces and Staying With Hill Tribes
The fog was rolling in and the cold weather was biting at my nose. My endless summer had officially ended. I was at the very north of Vietnam, in Sapa, about 10 hours north of Hanoi, preparing to go trekking with some of my favorite travel buddies. They sent a message through for me to […]
A Story About Love (But Not a Love Story)
I never saw this issue coming. I didn’t realize that there is one big thing standing in the way of me traveling forever. It’s not money, homesickness, or a desire for routine. It’s the absence of a partner in crime, a significant other, a love. When I tell people that I’ve been traveling solo for […]
How to Look Sexy when Traveling: 7 Easy Tips
I’m aware, it’s not particularly easy to look drop-dead gorgeous when juggling plane flights, long train rides, and sweaty bus journeys from H-E-double-hockey-sticks. If I had a dollar for every time I felt like a (not so) hot mess during my travels, covered in dust, DEET, sweat, and who knows what else, I’d have like, […]
The Maldives Unlike You’ve Ever Seen it Before: Local Style
Newlywed couples stroll along white sand beaches, hand in hand. Their bungalow sits over the water, with bleached white sheets and a dedicated staff who serve them steak dinners, rent them expensive jet skis, and offer them boat trips with other foreign guests. They spend $3,000 per night on this bungalow, but it’s a once-in-a-lifetime […]