Kira Salak, adventuring. Image courtesy of Restless Books. If you had the pleasure of reading Kira Salak’s stunning book Four Corners along with us last month, you know how riveting…
What Makes a Traveler? 4 Confessions
Leftover powdered sugar: as dirty as I get. Image from Ann Santori. Books like Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat Pray Love and Kira Salak’s Four Corners make female travelers seem like a fairly badass bunch….
5 Tips for Traveling sans Flying (Part 3)
The final part in a three part series about how to travel without flying. Click for Part 1 and Part 2 In the previous two posts, we discussed the alternate…
4 Fabulous Female Travel Writers of Days Gone By
Putting pens to paper around the world. Image courtesy of Wikipedia. With the launch of #gogirlreads, our new Travel Book Club, I thought it would be fitting if, before we…
4 Ways to Become More Adventurous and Self-Confident
Just try it! Image courtesy of Natalie Morawietz. Are you someone who reads posts with titles like, “10 Things to Start Doing for Yourself” and “10 Ways to Achieve Happiness?”…
Girl Illustrated: What to Wear in India
The Go Girls Guide to the Grand Canyon – Budget Edition!
After the winter we’ve all slogged through, it feels like warm weather and summer road trips can’t come fast enough. One popular destination? Grand Canyon National Park. This iconic natural…
4 Squirm-Worthy Aspects of Travel
A hostel view, Iguazu, Argentina. Image courtesy of Melinda Clemmer. I have a confession to make: I love to travel, but I am thoroughly grossed out by hotel rooms. You…
Sand in our pockets
Mr. Kumar, our guesthouse owner, promises us the best deal in all of Jaisalmer — an overnight camel safari under twenty dollars. He toys with the bristles of his caterpillar…
8 Tips for Eco-Camping
How to make sure that you are not harming the environment, if you are camping on your travels. Photo credit: Flickr user languitar Camping is one of the oldest and simplest…
Fish for breakfast
The Kasimedu fishing harbour is located on the northern end of Chennai. The harbour accomodates 1,395 fishing boats and also doubles as a ship building facility. The lonely alleyway bears…
A Few of the Strangest Things: On Readjustment to US Life
Giant local parking lot, with not a building or a person in sight… I recently moved back to the US after living abroad as an urban Peace Corps Volunteer in…
5 Tips to Avoid Plastic Water Bottles
Plastic, plastic everywhere. What to do when you just want a drop to drink without all of the plastic consequences? Photo credit: Twentyfour Students, Flickr In the North Pacific Ocean, between…
Finding Love, Down Under
There’s just something about an accent that can make women swoon, especially an Australian one. For some unexplainable reason, a person’s attractiveness increases significantly when you hear their lovely voice….
Veterinarian Visits Abroad
Spread the word about castration! -Zanycat 😉 On a sunny morning a few weeks ago, I walked down the street receiving more than my fair share of strange looks. In…