Ever heard the phrase “don’t be a lemming”? It means, basically, “don’t just go where others are going.” You might have known that. But did you know it’s a total fabrication resulting from a fake documentary? I’m referring to that time in 1958 when the Walt Disney Company staged a mass lemming suicide in an…
Some travel bloggers like sharing their every thought and deepest, darkest secrets with the world. My friend calls these sort of people “soul flashers.” Well, to turn a phrase from Selena Gomez, “that ain’t me.” I can be a pretty private person. I love writing useful content that helps you, the reader, travel better. I…
I recently wrapped up a long trip around the world in which I visited 43 countries in a single year. It was easily the most incredible year in my life, and no amount of words can convey the experiences you have while traveling that far (though I’ve try to do it through pictures in my…
From September, 2016 to September, 2017, I spent a crazy but amazing year traveling to 43 countries across six continents around the globe. And, if you can believe it, I originally planned to take the entire trip without a proper camera! Thankfully, my uncle convinced me to buy one the day before I left. I’m…
Travel FOMO – or “fear of missing out” – is a mindset that easily takes hold in today’s social-media driven environment. A case of travel FOMO can lead to your travel choices being dictated by what you think you are supposed to do, or what you see others doing. Travel FOMO is part of why…
In this guest post, Emily from Two Dusty Travelers, tells us what it was like to work as a nurse fighting the horrific ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone: When I decided to travel to Sierra Leone to help fight the unprecedented Ebola outbreak, people told me I was insane. I told them I was comfortable…
Wanting to go home from traveling is a complicated feeling. I’ve been traveling the world for over ten months straight now, notching a dizzying 41 countries over six continents during that time. This big trip has been a blast — the most fun year of my life, by a wide margin. But I’m finally starting…
“ Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one’s lifetime. ” – Mark Twain, The Innocents Abroad Mark Twain’s travel quote that…
Since I left home in Denver, Colorado in September, 2016, I’ve had a lot of adventures across forty-plus countries and six continents. Below I’ve compiled a running list, in no particular order, of some of my more fond memories and top experiences traveling the world. Let me know what you think in the comments: 1….
Let’s face it, native English speakers are born into a special form of travel privilege. English is not the most widely spoken language in the world, but in most popular travel destinations it is the universal language. From ordering a coffee at a cafe, to arranging to pick up the keys from an AirBnB host, to being…