Working from the road is the holy grail for a lot of freelancers and remote workers. The idea of typing those work emails from a beachside hammock is alluring, even if not very practical. It’s actually hard to type in a hammock! And if you type on a computer in non-ergonomic positions, it’s terrible for your body’s …
Seven years ago, I boarded a flight that forever changed the direction of my life. The flight took me from Los Angeles, my home for the previous two years, to Sydney, Australia. Sydney was the first stop on a largely unplanned year of traveling around the world. The route would take me home by way of Asia …
Travel today doesn’t much resemble travel 30 years ago, or even 10 years ago. A lot has changed about how people travel the world—the tools they use to plan travel, but also how they navigate the world once they’re on the road. When I left in 2008 for my yearlong trip, smartphones were brand-new and …
For years, I’ve been collecting phrases on notecards, bookmarking quotes from my favorite books, noting song lyrics that resonate. This list of inspirational travel quotes includes some that you’d expect—iconic quotes I, and many others deeply love—but also a mix of unconventional and obscure travel quotes representing influences from the more than 15 years since …
One of the scariest obstacles to international travel is often the health question. In the planning stages for my own round the world trip, I fretted over the health side of the equation because it was the big unknown. Staying healthy while traveling is a priority, but beyond vaccinating myself, stocking my medical kit, and …
Concerns about my safety on the road plagued those who love and care about me when I first announced my plan to travel solo around the world as a single woman. Let’s be frank: Long-term travel is still an uncommon practice in the United States (compared to Europe and Australia) so perhaps the chief issue …
Every so often, readers email me asking what compelled me to travel solo back in 2008. Then they wonder why I never stopped traveling. They ask: “Why were you willing to pack up your life and leave my friends and family behind?” Their curiosity leaps from the page. I hear the gentle upspeak at the end …
Over the years I have shared stories and snapshots of life on the road—glimpses into the beautiful people and places I have experienced. Sometimes, I shared the obstacles along the way, the harder and more personal moments of travel that were wholly rooted in who I am as a person rather than the stories of the …