I started traveling back in college. My first trip “as an adult” was to New York in 2004. It was a long weekend trip with some friends and roommates, and I remember them poking fun at me because I brought one of those old school suitcases that buckled closed and was pulled by a frayed… Read More My relentless search to redefine my travel routine – travel tips
I was looking for a new spot to visit, and came across Copenhagen. There was a direct flight for less than $400, so why not? My friends and I visited in the spring versus the summer, but we traded in rain for colder weather. It’s a clean and beautiful city – lots of history mixed… Read More Copenhagen, Denmark
Brazil was one of the most gut-wrenching trips I’ve taken since Panama. Gut-wrenching in both the good and bad sense. While you’re strictly told to avoid the favelas, I saw and heard more guns on that trip than I’d like to admit in the places I least expected. That said, I probably have a few more… Read More SAO PAULO & RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL
Traveling alone has its perks, and you can travel alone just about anywhere. Don’t forget to check out 6 common myths about traveling alone here! Here are some memorable experiences as a solo female traveler: 4 countries, 9 different cities. Greece Athens Being both the capital and the largest city in Greece, there’s a lot of… Read More Traveling Alone through Europe – Highlights from a Female POV
I always pushed off going to Hawaii because I thought people defaulted to Hawaii to celebrate their honeymoons, anniversaries, and family reunions and everywhere was a tourist trap. That it was the safe, boring, vanilla option for vacationing. Now that I’ve visited Oahu, Maui and Big Island, I would say it’s more like Rocky Road ice… Read More The Hi-Life (Oahu, Hawaii)
STOP 3: 10 hours in HILO Big Island is much less inhabited – apparently mostly zoned for agriculture, and there’s two active volcanoes on the island. For that reason, we decided to only carve out 10 hours for Hilo, which is the largest town in Big Island, Hawaii. We chartered a plane from Maui, which… Read More Hilo (Big Island, Hawaii)
Not a new Wanderlust Destination, but an important one to me. I picked up a copy of LA Weekly’s Best of L.A. 2015 to get some ideas on how to spend my last 30 or so days in Los Angeles. For obvious reasons, this post will be super brief so I can go bucket-list. It’s… Read More Los Angeles – Best of L.A.
WANDERLUST PRO TIP – 6 MYTHS ABOUT TRAVELING ALONE (AS A FEMALE) I put “as a female” in parentheses because this post may be a little more geared towards debunking the myths of my personal solo travels. Nonetheless, these myths of traveling alone is applicable to anyone! I’ve had a number of people ask me… Read More Wanderlust Pro Tip – Common Myths about traveling alone (as a female)
5 reasons to visit Barcelona in your 20’s. 10 reasons you must visit Barcelona (anytime). Experience. Barcelona. Now. Barcelona is a perfect travel destination no matter how you slice it- it is hands down my favorite city in Europe (although there are many close contenders)! I’ve been there four times already- by myself, with friends, and… Read More Experience Barcelona in Your 20s
These are two stories from my trip to Vietnam and Thailand, respectively, which really made me open my eyes to accepting rides from rickshaws, or tuk tuks. The moral of these two stories is that I was an inexperienced traveler, and got suckered into these tricks.… Read More WANDERLUST PRO TIP- DON’T GET SCAMMED BY RICKSHAW AND TUK TUK DRIVERS LIKE I DID! -Vietnam and Thailand
Contact Us