How to Not Dumbly Waste Money in RTW Travel
Nicholas Kristof’s fascinating recent New York Times article about unwise budgeting by some of the world’s poorest families, “Moonshine or the Kids,” reveals a truth that applies to all classes …
Reflections on Life
3 More Awesome Things About America
Let’s sing a little (slightly amended) Joni Mitchell: “Don’t it always seem to go… that you don’t know what you got ’til it’s gone [for nine months]?” As already discussed, …
8 Ways Long-Term Solo Female Travel Can Change You
The Spanish gentleman pictured above is stroking his calloused finger against 6,000-year old paintings at Cueva Remigia, Spain. Such cave art stretches across swaths of Spain, and is considered, collectively, …
How Your Brain Changes for the Better After Travel
We don’t condone narcotics, but strangely strong feelings of euphoria are okay if they’re natural and healthy, right? So here is a secret formula to get your brain feeling amazing: …
Turns Out I WAS Robbed During Those 9 Months Abroad?!
I was just about to bang out a post on ways to make it through nine months of travel without being robbed, when I decided to take a quick unpacking …
Two Reasons to ADORE America After Travel Abroad
I am drooping like spinach in a frying pan right now due to jet lag… but I haven’t missed a single day of blogging since that night I was ill …
Back in Boston, Exactly 9 Months After Leaving for Solo RTW Travel!
HOORAY! Home! Home! After nine months around the world, can I tell you how delicious Boston feels? City of my heart! Home of the Emerald Necklace! Country of my birth! …
Why RTW Travel Must NOT be Seen as Vacation
Tomorrow, volcano permitting, I fly home to Boston! And thus we can begin zillions of reflective posts. Let’s start with the following realization: A months-long Around the World voyage is …
Why RTW Travel Doesn’t Need to be a Rich, White Thing
The wildly popular website, Stuff White People Like, has an article entitled: “Taking a Year Off.” It details the trend among rich Caucasians to flee the daily grind and jaunt …
9 Epiphanies of Solo Female Travel Around the World!
Hello! Welcome to the last pre-programmed, 2009 Reflection post before we delve into the thrilling world of Ghana news!This here is the biggie, isn’t it: Epiphanies, or, as we teach …