Sand. Sweat. Sun. A cooling wind to follow, from jumping out of a plane. I stood on the edge of the dune in Swakopmund, Namibia. It looked impossibly steep, and I thought of my shoulder surgery. It has been years, but it still sticks in my mind when I’m looking at the edge of something […]
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What Does It Cost to Travel in South Africa?
In this installment of Tips From the Banker, we’re looking into how much you can expect to spend when traveling in South Africa. This is a country that has the potential to be affordable to travel through, but make no mistake, this is not a shoestring budget destination. I spent nine weeks solo traveling through […]
24 Things to Do With 24 Hours in Malta
The warm yellows of the stones that make up the majority of the buildings give each narrow alleyway and cobblestone street a feel of endless summer. The yellow, punctuated by the greens of the farms (irrigated by groundwater on islands that otherwise get hardly any rain all year) and framed by the deep blue of […]
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 […]
8 Reasons Why I’m so Hopelessly in Love with Pai
Pai, just a few hours outside of Thailand’s second biggest city, Chiang Mai, is a hippie oasis I’ve been dreaming about ever since I left. I had visited for 5 days almost exactly a year before, and had loved it so much that it made my very short list of places I just had to […]