While quitting your job to live a life of spontaneous travel may sound super romantic, it’s just not feasible for most people. At least not right away. Because let’s face it, as much as I wish it didn’t, travel costs money– and often quite a bit of money. So unless you’ve carefully saved beforehand or you […]
This week we would like to introduce Vanessa of Turnipseed Travel. Vanessa Chiasson is Turnipseed Travel – an ocean loving Maritimer, now settled as a freelance writer in Ottawa. Her diverse travels include Paris, where she ran a marathon, the coffee farms of Hawaii, and the national parks of Malawi. Next up? A round-the-world trip with 9 stops, including Turkey, Myanmar, and Australia. When not on the road, […]
No, I’m not referring to the platinum hit by Red Hot Chili Peppers– I’m talking about the shady underground world that thrives under the bridges of Hong Kong. And while you won’t find any trolls lingering under bridges here, what you will find may be just as interesting. Everyday, professional beaters gather under the bridge at […]
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 […]
Every Friday I’ll be sharing a photo from someplace in my travels. This week’s photo is from Shenzhen, China. Shenzhen may be one of the fastest growing cities in China, but it’s also the youngest. At only 30 years old, Shenzhen was the first Special Economic Zone (SEZ). The city’s sole purpose was to make money […]
This week we would like to introduce Stephanie Yoder of Twenty-Something Travel. Stephanie is a girl who can’t sit still! Since graduating college in 2007 she has either been traveling or planning to travel. She’s lived on four continents and visited everywhere from the Great Wall of China to the Great Barrier Reef. She now writes and travels full […]