Eating healthy is important to us. I’m a relentless “do it myself” sort of girl. I was raised freezing and canning a lot of our own food. I make most things from scratch. It’s really important to me to feed my family healthy things so that the children grow properly and so that healthy eating...

Getting sick while traveling is probably one of the most common fears travelers have – and for good reason. Not only does getting sick disrupt your daily itinerary, but finding a doctor can be a major challenge in certain parts of the world. Does this mean you shouldn’t travel? Absolutely not – it simply means...

The question has been asked lots of times: What do you have in your health kit? First, let me say that we have a three pronged approach to healthcare, at home and abroad: staying well, and treating illness & emergency care. I’ll share what we carry with us for all three. Staying Well This includes...

I was talking with a friend the other day when she blurted out her biggest fear of traveling abroad. “What about medical issues? What do you do when something happens overseas?” And I responded, “I go the hospital. They have doctors overseas too.” Medical concerns are a huge issue for sure. Nobody wants to face...

I was talking with a friend the other day when she blurted out her biggest fear of traveling abroad. “What about medical issues? What do you do when something happens overseas?” And I responded, “I go the hospital. They have doctors overseas too.” Medical concerns are a huge issue for sure. Nobody wants to face...

It's a common traveler's dilemma: to avoid jet lag after a long-haul flight, you should really sleep on the plane. That way, you can wake up refreshed and already be on local time. The problem: you can't sleep on planes. If you've ever arrived at an airport feeling groggy like Bill Murray's character in the...

One of the many issues that round the world travelers need to think about before they set off on their trip is related to health. Even a young and healthy traveler can be hit by a food- or water-borne illness, or suffer an injury, while on the road. If making sure you're prepared for an...

There are far more entertaining and sexy subjects when it comes to long-term travel than what it takes to stay healthy on the road, but there are also few things that can screw up a RTW trip more than getting sick when you're far away from home. This isn't to say that there isn't going...

Bangkok, Thailand It is 8:00 p.m. in Cairo and I've just crawled out of bed to tend to this blog. I have a fever and am feeling pretty darn miserable. My creativity feels stunted and, given that all I want to do right now is lay back down with the blanket pulled over me, I...

There's nothing like travel to lose a few pounds. Especially if you do budget traveling. Unless you're being chauffeured around in an air-conditioned tour bus the whole time, you'll spend quite a bit of time walking. It could be pounding the pavement in a big city or trekking up to the mountains. Brave New Traveler...

Matt Gross, who does the "Frugal Traveler" column for the New York Times, chatted with his physician, Dr. Morledge, to get advice for travelers . Gross does a good job of capturing the dilemma of staying safe while still trying to stick to the adventurous spririt of vagabonding: "Hungry and adventurous, we put things in...

Linked to my previous entry, relating to safety while travelling, my current head cold and runny nose has me holed up in my bedroom, craving sleep, but pondering health abroad. As with most topics involving travelling, for the most part keeping healthy is down to common sense. Get your jabs, eat cooked-through food, keep clean...