Category: Adventure Guides
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Traveling with friends without killing each other
Traveling with friends is one of the most fun and rewarding experiences in life. Finding adventures, creating stories you will tell for years, and deepening bonds with people who are important to you. It’s also one of the most trying experiences you can go through, and quickly shows you the true colors of your friends…
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Travel is not a means of escape
While traveling around the world, it wasn’t uncommon to hear people casually refer to what I was doing as some sort of “life crisis”, running away from a boring life back home to “find myself”, whatever that means. Just as frequently, I would hear people say they wished they could “just go and travel” in…
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Barreling Over Life’s Speed Bumps
A few days ago, someone asked me about making new friends while traveling. Specifically: How do I get people to talk to me without going up to say “Hi, my name is…”? The answer, naturally, was that they were asking the wrong question. Every day, people walk around with emotional speed bumps around them. Staring…
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The girl’s guide to dressing well out of one bag
I’m a chronic under-packer. But that doesn’t mean that I wind up wearing the same 3 musty, mismatched outfits when I’m on the road. Instead, it’s actually possible to be fashionable while maintaining your minimalist travel cred. I haven’t checked a bag since 1999. Here are some of my tricks, with a few tips especially…
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Playing with tigers and elephants: Thailand Adventure Guide
Of course Thailand is near the top of most people’s travel lists. It’s covered in exotic beaches brimming with some of the most deliciously healthy food in the world. So many movies have been filmed on its gorgeous islands that you can pick whether you want to visit the filming locations for James Bond, The…