One of the first questions people ask me when I tell them all of the places that I have traveled to is “how can you afford it?”. It doesn’t take a huge amount of imagination to guess that traveling long-term…
Ten months ago, if someone asked me why I love India, I would have given them the “generic” answer. The blending of religions and cultures, the food, the people…….all of which are pretty vague to be honest. As my 8th…
I just got back from Amritsar, one of the bucket list cities in India and the heart of Sikhism, the world’s 9th largest religion and one of the newest ones. Amritsar is the home of the famous Golden Temple which…
No one likes to be lonely, especially not when you are on a trip that you have worked hard to make happen. I see post after post on travel boards where women are begging for advice on what to do…
Let’s not beat around the bush. I have been to 116 countries. I have been to “unsafe” and “dangerous” places as a solo female traveler including Iran, Iraq, and North Korea. I currently live in Delhi, India and work in…
Many of you may know that I relocated to Delhi, India to start a job working for a social enterprise. Before I moved, I was overcome with massive anxiety. Everything that I read talked about how unsafe Delhi was for…
I will be the first to admit that this trip may not be for the faint of heart. If you are a slow traveler, then what I am about to say may shock you and it is best to skip…
I am a self-proclaimed history nut. I love to think about what happened a hundred years ago or a thousand years ago. How did people live? Why did they migrate to unknown lands? Human migration has always interested me. From…
Miami was on my bucket list for years but I could never justify the costs of going there. The hotels were always sooooo expensive and I could almost pay for a trip to Mexico just for the price of the…
My first trip to Nepal happened almost by accident. Back in 2009, I was living in Hong Kong and desperately wanted to find somewhere to go for Chinese New Year. Since most of the Chinese population is on the move…
In 2014, I took what I thought was going to be a once in a lifetime trip. I was living in Hong Kong, in between jobs and waiting for my new work visa to be processed. Rather than sitting there…
Everyone is always asking for the best way to get cheap deals on flights. Sadly, besides the obvious options of metasearch options like Skyscanner and Kayak, there really isn’t a way to get super-secret cheap flights. However, if you are…
Krakow has been one of the main stops on the Central European tourist route for a while now and with good reason. The city is beautiful, has great train connections and direct flights connecting it to other parts of Europe…