Disclosures: I was provided with an advance copy of 10 Years a Nomad as a courtesy by the publisher. Links to books in this post may earn an affiliate commission. If you’re considering entering into a long-term relationship with travel, you should first read the break-up letter one of its ex’s just wrote. In his …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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What was the exact moment you came to love travel? For everyone, it’s a bit different. Some people get bitten by the travel bug at a young age, while others don’t discover their love of travel until much later in life. But, no matter how you fall for travel, it has you hooked for life …
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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 …
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2020 Update: I wrote this article almost 3 years ago when I was in a moody place and really wanting to go home from traveling after 10 months on the road. Wondering what happened to me? Eventually I became a digital nomad and now I get paid to travel! Wanting to go home from traveling …
“ 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 …
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