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Ho Chi Minh City Part 3: The Dinner

Ho Chi Minh City Part 3: The Dinner

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Published on February 24, 20162 Comments on Ho Chi Minh City Part 3: The Dinner

I only had a few hours to recover from having my heart wrung out at the Saigon War Remnants Museum, because I’d scheduled a full-day Ho Chi Minh experience that included an evening food tour by motorcycle. The rest of my group had only booked the half-day version of the...

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When You Have to Make Your Own Holiday Magic

When You Have to Make Your Own Holiday Magic

Travel
Published on December 26, 20151 Comment on When You Have to Make Your Own Holiday Magic

Sometimes holidays suck.

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Chillin under a palm tree in Langkawi

Chillin under a palm tree in Langkawi

Langkawi, Travel
Published on October 12, 2015Leave a comment on Chillin under a palm tree in Langkawi

Georgetown, in Penang, was a much smaller city than Kuala Lumpur, but it wasn’t the chillin’-under-the palm-trees island experience I was looking for. Langkawi was exactly what I needed.

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Saturday afternoon in Langkawi

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Published on October 10, 20151 Comment on Saturday afternoon in Langkawi

Today, I was determined to have a “real” Saturday; no working all day on the laptop. I had spotted The Green Mile on the bookshelf at the guesthouse earlier. I’ve never read the book, but I’m in love with the movie, so I threw it in my daypack. I...

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A different approach to thinking about travel

A different approach to thinking about travel

Thoughts, Travel
Published on October 9, 20156 Comments on A different approach to thinking about travel

Everywhere I go in the world, I meet people from the Netherlands (Holland). Tiny country, but those Dutch folks get around. It’s very common for people to do a long-term trip when they’re young,  and the travel bug stays with them for life.

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So you want to be a digital nomad? Here’s how.

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Published on October 3, 2015Leave a comment on So you want to be a digital nomad? Here’s how.

I’ve gotten a couple of requests for some concrete information on how to nomad recently. I’ve always wanted to write a comprehensive article on the topic, because all in all it’s so much simpler than I thought it was going to be. So I wrote it.

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Protected: Can a “Manic Pixie Dream Girl of Midlife” Date without destroying people?

Thoughts about life in general, Travel
Published on October 1, 2015

There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.

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Why do you travel?

Travel
Published on September 29, 20152 Comments on Why do you travel?

Someone just asked this question in a Girls Who Travel group I recently joined. No one’s ever asked before, and I’ve never tried to put it into words.

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My Budget for Asia

My Budget for Asia

Nomadic life, Travel
Published on September 23, 2015Leave a comment on My Budget for Asia

I’ve been asked to share my budget for Asia, and now that I’ve been here for three months, I feel like I have a handle on costs here. So far, my experiences are limited to Indonesia and Malaysia.

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What the heck happened to your hip, anyway?

What the heck happened to your hip, anyway?

Travel
Published on August 24, 20151 Comment on What the heck happened to your hip, anyway?

I get asked this question a lot. The short answer is “I don’t know.” But here’s the long version.

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