8 Great Cities of World Travel to Actually Move To and Live
I had a lot of reasons for leaving my career and home to travel around the world in August of 2009, and one of them was a vision of starting …
Laos Solo Female Travel
Learn what it is like to travel in Laos as a solo female traveler, including a Mekong riverboat ride!
Ethics of Sneaking Pictures of Strangers: It’s a Photographic Objectification Party!
It was hour nine of day two on the Mekong river boat in Laos. I was deep into a crossword puzzle, lying half off my seat, feet high on the …
Why “Tropic of Cancer” by Henry Miller is a Perfect Backpacking Book
The best quotes from “Tropic of Cancer” book by Henry Miller to show why it’s perfect backpacking travel literature to bring and read on a trip abroad.
A Mekong River Slow Boat from Luang Prabang, Laos to Thailand
I cursed foully when my friends electronically forced me to take the two day riverboat up the Mekong. “You’ve taken every other form of transport!” hollered one chum. “Another bus …
How Do You Decide Where to Travel To During an Extended RTW Trip?
For years, it has been my fantasy to be one of those columnists who dips into her mail pool to answer reader questions… and (dah da da DAH!) that day …
5 Affordable Ways to Travel the World Besides the Tourist Trail
I used to hate whirlwind tourists and avoid any famous site like a high schooler avoids homework. After three months of hardcore Tourist Trail backpacking around Asia, however, I’ve grown …
Beautiful Sights of Luang Prabang, Laos
So what’s so different and charming about this Luang Prabang, Laos, place, anyway? Plenty. Here are some beautiful sights you might see if you were to wander the streets for …
Myths About Staying in Contact with Long-Term RTW Travelers
A massive reason why I am keeping this blog (besides an obsessive passion for writing and a rabid quest for fame and fortune) is to keep in close touch with …
Luang Prabang, Laos: The Most Beautiful City in Southeast Asia?
Through the eight hours of mountainous twists and turns between Vang Vieng, Laos, and Luang Prabang, we asked ourselves: “Would ‘The Most Beautiful City in Southeast Asia’ live up to …
Vang Vieng, Laos’s Cultural Contrasts
Crowing roosters prance next to restaurants playing “Family Guy” and “Friends” on loop to zoned-out tourists. Jagged limestone karst mountains reach skyward behind five internet cafes in a row. American …