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When I’m choosing what book to take along on a trip, the destination always dictates what I’m inspired to read. The Moviegoer went with me on my first trip to New Orleans. Eduardo Galeano’s Memory of Fire trilogy has accompanied me throughout a handful of trips in Latin America. The Popul Vuh was in my bag as I visited Mayan ruins in Honduras. Somehow, reading something … Read more »
For the last year and a half that I have been living in Asia it has been a constant expensive struggle to maintain regular use of vitamins and supplements. It is a bit difficult to find bottles of vitamins here in Korea. If they are found it is little more than a basic multi-vitamin and they come … Read more »
Magda Biskup
https://www.destination-world.net
Age: 33
Hometown: Rybnik, Poland. Now living in Sydney, Australia
Quote: “I never expected every single location to be breathtaking and exciting. This meant that I never really felt disappointed, I just liked some places more than others.”
Ba Chuc, Vietnam
Ba Chuc, a Vietnamese community in the Mekong Delta, sits just across the border from Cambodia. In April 1978, Khmer Rouge soldiers entered the village from Cambodia and massacred 3,157 men, women, and children—almost the entire population. Today the skulls of the victims are on display in … Read more »
“Old travelers grumpily complain that travel is now dead and that the world is a suburb. They are quite wrong. Lulled by familiar resemblances between all the unimportant things, they meet the brute differences in everything of importance.” –Jonathan Raban, quoted in the introduction to The Best Travel Writing 2010
If you like to travel and have your own blog, you may have entertained the idea of being a travel writer. Imagine getting paid to go and do the same fun stuff you’re already doing, going all over the world. The reality can be quite different, however. Lonely Planet guidebook writer Leif Pettersen wrote this brutally honest post on his Killing Batteries blog: So … Read more »
Until I visited Colombia, I thought that my favorite hot chocolate was from Mexico. The dose of cinnamon (and sometimes, chile) has caused me to squirrel away a box of Ibarra or Abuelita for those moments when I crave it.
But then, in Bogotá, I found something that was even better.
Chocolate Santafereño is, at first, a cup of rich hot chocolate. But then there’s the … Read more »
After living and working abroad for a significant time one will have to face the annoying task of moving not only all of their belongings but also moving all of their finances. It can be a puzzle to figure out the best way to move one’s entire savings from one country to the next. Which way is ultimately the best? How can one do this without losing a depressing sum in conversion or banking fees? … Read more »
Alisha Robertson
https://www.smallworldpursuits.com
Age: 30
Hometown: Nocona, Texas
Quote: “At the beginning of my trip, I was definitely much more of a planner. As my travels progressed, I started going more with the flow and less with plans. I quickly learned that too much planning = stress but not enough planning can also be challenging, I … Read more »
“There’s no point in traveling to another country if all you do when you get there is sit in your hotel room and stare at the television. At the same time, I’m a fierce proponent of sampling a smidgen of TV wherever you go. I assure you the locals are watching the tube, and it’s worth it to check out what exactly is getting beamed into their living rooms each night. Treat it as a … Read more »
