I have written before about my top 10 travel tips and also about my favorite travel hack: credit cards. Well here’s a look at how I’ve been able to travel better and cheaper using these strategies for one of the most expensive parts of travel: flights. Advertisements
Tag: Solo Travel
Life, Love, Travel & the Pursuit of Being Alive: Part: Part Two (Petra, Jordan + Logistics/Final Thoughts)
Petra is one of those places that either elicits a blank stare or complete excitement when I tell people I want to come here. So I learned from my young cousin to explain to the former in this way: Have you ever seen Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade? Well, Petra is the real place…
10 Money Tips to Help You Travel Better (and Cheaper)
Obviously I saved money but that was only part of how I was able to travel for so long and to so many places. These are tips that I personally used/did and are geared towards how to best maximize your money for travel: from how to save $ to how not to spend any money…
Life, Love, Travel & the Pursuit of Being Alive: Part One (Amman, Madaba, Mount Nebo, the Dead Sea, Petra, Wadi Rum, Aqaba, Jordan)
In Jordan, I see countless stars filling up all the night sky, structures and monuments created thousands of years ago, ancient and modern history and civilizations, and I realize that I am but a tiny creature on one small planet in this vast universe occupying but a blip in time. But I do not feel…
Life, Love, Travel & the Pursuit of Kismet (Following Destiny in Turkey ~ Cappadocia: Part One)
kis·met: fate or destiny How fitting that I become reacquainted with this Turkish word while here. Merriam-Webster’s definition is ‘a power that is believed to control what happens in the future’ and therein lies the important question: is fate something that controls us or something that we create? Is destiny a single line from one…
Life, Love, Travel & the Pursuit of Dreaming a Little Bigger (Musings through Jordan)
‘What if I fall?’ enters my head as I near the edge. But then I think to myself ‘oh but darling, what if you fly? You mustn’t be afraid to dream a little bigger my love…’
Life, Love, Travel & the Pursuit of Parts Unknown (Intro to Burma, Myanmar) Part 1
So a big part of what I strive for as a global citizen is to do no harm or at least, do the minimal amount of harm ~ it seems like a simple enough mantra for life and travel but I have come to discover that things aren’t always so straight forward.
Life, Love, Travel & the Pursuit of Fast Friendships (Siem Reap, Cambodia)
Travel really for me is about who I meet and interact with as much as what I see or do. At this point, it is probably even more important because it is what makes my memories so great. I am a people person in general but traveling allows me to connect even more rapidly…
Life, Love & the Pursuit of País Número 7 (Colonia del Sacramento, Uruguay)
Buenos Aires is quite lovely with its European air and delicious food but it is still a large capital city after all and sometimes a respite is needed away from all the hustle and bustle. And I know the perfect place that will be a complete 180 from that and to boot will provide another…
Life, Love & the Pursuit of Taking a Chance (Santiago, Chile and surrounding areas)
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by the ones you did do…Explore. Dream. Discover. So as I head to Chile’s sprawling capital, I keep this Mark Twain quote in mind and allow myself to be open to the universe and all possibilities…
Life, Love, Travel & the Pursuit of One More Night? (San Pedro de Atacama, Chile)
I think that I am finally getting a handle on this learning to go with the flow travel thing. I had not booked a place in advance for San Pedro de Atacama so when my new friends tell me about the place that they had booked, I decided that I would come along and stay…
Life, Love & the Pursuit of a Dreamy Landscape (Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia)
Maybe I saw it first on Instagram or on some photography website but however it happened, Salar de Uyuni occupies a high spot on my wanderlist. But even with all the pictures I have seen, I am not prepared for how amazing it will be in person. So here is my photo homage…
