“Nomadic” Matt Kepnes has released a new ebook aimed at helping soon-to-be long term travelers and vagabonds make the most of their trip budgets, while avoiding some common mistakes. Matt was kind enough to offer me an advanced copy so I could share my thoughts here.
Introduction
In Secrets to Successful World Travel, Matt covers a wide [...]

My globetrotting friend and I have decided against a backpacking trip in exchange for a driving one.

I have a few opinions on travel: one should learn some historical background to understand the culture of today, one should try their best to speak the native language as to not “lose things in translation,” and one should never expect a place or its people to adjust to one’s own way of life.
For as [...]

Although an optimistic nation, the U.S. is nowhere near the happiest.

It was the Bardini Garden, and we were at that moment in time, it’s sole visitors.

Thanks to my love for his masterpiece, Into Thin Air, I was already on Krakauer’s side before I even picked up its predecessor, Into the Wild. I knew it would be a story that would tempt, scare, and awe me.
The Storyline
Starting from the book’s cover, the outcome is apparent to the reader: the protagonist, a 24 year-old [...]

I promise I don’t only read travelogues and memoirs by women, it just happens to be that I’ve consequently read many of the sort :). Still, there’s certain safety concerns and precautions that I would assume cloud the mind of female globetrotters more so than their male counterparts. This book, Expat: Women’s True Tales of [...]

Before embarking on my 340-day traveling adventure, I was beyond nervous. Not only do most students not study abroad for a complete year, but they definitely don’t do so alone. Most programs are large, it is nearly expected that you will know at least one or two people… the Chile program, on the other hand [...]

I appreciated his straightforwardness with new bloggers as to the amount of time it takes to build a successful site.

A little over two years ago, I read and reviewed my first travel book aimed squarely at the female population.  Despite having “lipstick” and “women” in the title, I found it to be perfectly suitable for men as well.
When I was offered the chance to review Chelsea Duke’s first book, High Heels and a Head [...]