Earlier this year, my boyfriend and I traveled to Bohol, one of the Philippines’ 7,000+ islands and a common tourist destination because of the famous Chocolate Hills. I booked our…
Got Debt? Move Abroad and Pay off Your Student Loans in These 5 Countries
It’s unsurprisingly tough to fulfill your wanderlust when you have rent, car payments, and student loans every month. Especially considering that, in 2014, the average American college student graduated with…
6 Tips for Traveling Sans Flying (Part 2)
Here is the second in a three-part series exploring alternatives to traveling on planes. Photo credit: Boccaccio1 What Go Girl doesn’t love traveling overland, getting up close and personal with the…
A Walk on the Wild Side in New Zealand
New Zealand often lives in the shadow of Australia, but it is a must-see country for trekkers, backpackers, and urban lovers alike. It is also an amazingly diverse country that…
Walk Before You Climb
Rule number one of backpacking around the world: don’t bring too much stuff. Much easier said than done when you’re faced with leaving a hard-won closet behind! When my husband,…
Let me take you to…New Zealand, the South Island
Having taken you on a whistlestop tour of the North Island, now it’s the South Island’s turn, so settle back and let me take you on a chilly but invigorating…
Let me take you to…….New Zealand-The North Island
So I’m back as promised with a micro guide to New Zealand’s North Island, and while I have visited and loved all of the places I’m about to share with…
Let Me Take You To……New Zealand — Part One (the people)
It was snowing heavily outside and I’d just awoken from a fitful slumber. Our elderly campervan was parked up under the trees by a huge lake, with snow-capped mountains looming…
My (mis)adventures on NZ’s East Coast
A holiday to me means getting on a plane and jetting off to a country other than the one I live in. When I think of going on holiday, I…
Not a typical Christmas
‘TIS the season to be jolly……….. Christmas means different things to different people. The answer you get will depend on who you ask. For some, it is the season of…
Purangi Estuary, New Zealand: Serenity and Serendipity
The gravity of travel lies in the reckoning that no matter how much planning and control one pours into the trip, there will always be a thing or two that…
North Island, New Zealand: Notes from the Passenger Seat
The ten hour drive between the world’s coolest little capital of Wellington and the big little city of Auckland, is my single most travelled route in the country. today, let…
Rugby World Cup 2011: Let’s party like it’s 1987
The morning stalled in five-minute increments. Work required me to report from 7 until 3 in the most important day of everybody whose feet stands on New Zealand soil. In…
5 Books for Road Trips
On the Road by Jack Kerouac Probably the most famous road trip book ever written, Kerouac’s fictionalization of his cross-country wanderings is known as the book of the Beat Generation,…