Unlike a seemingly majority of travel bloggers out there, I’m not location independent. I don’t get paid to travel the world through fancy press trips, and this blog certainly isn’t my main source of income. And I’m happy with that. You won’t find me selling all of my belongings and living the nomadic lifestyle anytime […]
Nara is a beautiful city, often overlooked by travelers. It is famous for it’s many temples that are all recognized as World Heritage Sites, and of course for their sacred Nara deer (shika) that roam freely on the temple grounds. It is popular to buy shika senbei, which are rice crackers used to feed the deer. The […]
I have found out there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them — Mark Twain I’ve talked about this with a few people on different occasions, and now I’ll talk about it here. Everyone should experience couples travel before getting married. Happy back home in […]
HELLO GORGEOUS. LUXE City Guides have sold over 1.4 million copies of their snappy guides, covering 33 destinations around the world. Aimed at value-loving or tight-on-time travelers, these guides provide short, sassy reviews and highly selective entries. Each guide is highly curated and includes only the best of each location– so if there’s only 2 good […]
Afew weeks ago, Audrey of That Backpacker wrote an article about something that really hit home for me– being a lazy traveler. She complained how she had been living in Chaing Mai, Thailand for almost a whole month, yet she had barely gone to explore past her apartment. This lazy traveler syndrome seems to affect a lot of travelers who […]