A lot of travel bloggers, myself included, like to focus on the fun, rewarding, exciting and generally all around amazing parts of travel. Why wouldn’t we? We’re people who gave up job security, comfort, and the approval of most professional adult people in order to travel the world. Obviously, we love to travel. But even as…
This post includes affiliate links, which I get a small commission from if you use. However, these are products I endorse and use myself, so all opinions and views are, as always, my own. On to the main event! How Do You Travel Like a Local? Travel like a local: it’s a phrase that gets…
This travel photography post will not be about adjusting ISO or creating the perfect time lapse. There are other, better, more experienced photographers who can give you advice about that. Elia Locardi, Ken Kaminesky, and Daniel Nahabedian are great travel photographers to start with, and they offer tutorials on their sites. I wouldn’t call myself a professional…
“Stop being a tourist – start becoming an explorer.” That’s the first sentence that greets me at the Greeking.me website, the tour company that promises to take me on a real local tour of Athens. Athens is a strange city. It is both hated and loved. I spent the first 8 years of my life…
I like to go through my travel journals and photos at the end of the year to see how much has changed from January 1st to the last day. This year I found myself amazed at the number of places I had visited, and realized that this year felt much longer (in a good way) and much better…
Map of Countries Visited Countries & Territories Visited My goal is to reach 100 countries and territories from the Travelers’ Century Club list by the time I am 40. And then visit every place in the world, of course. The list from the TCC is interesting because of that “and territories” designation. People who wrote…
Travel Publications & Interviews I have had been able to reach a large audience of travelers through writing for several other publications, including Matador Network, Trekity, and Kiss From the World. Below are a sample of my articles on other sites and in print: Features Interviews Articles And Guest Posts
PLAN & BOOK YOUR TRIP Need some help with trip planning when deciding where to go, what to do, or just wondering how to find the cool local spots in any city you visit? Well don’t worry AT ALL because I have all the resources below to help you travel like a local. Full disclosure,…
Did you know that as of 2012, more than 1 billion tourists arrivals have been recorded throughout the world? I think this is an incredible step forward for the global community; the more people interact with other countries and other cultures, the more prejudices, misconceptions, and conflicts we can push to the side, so we can focus on…
One favor to ask before I start this post: I am participating in the Kerala Blog Express competition to visit Kerala, India, and the more votes I have, the more it helps. If you’d like to help me out (now that the holiday spirit is with us, and all that), please vote for me here: Kerala…
