Category Archives: travel advice

Ha Long Bay does not take kindly to pirates

Ha Long Bay is a world heritage site and there aren’t enough words in the English language to justly describe the unique and spectacular beauty of this place.  Seeing it for yourself, however, is often the cause of many headaches … Continue reading

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Safety in South East Asia, and at Home

This is a guest article I wrote for Do It While You’re Young a travel website aimed at encouraging young people to get out and travel the world! The article is featured here at their website and I have reproduced … Continue reading

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Finishing the Journey/ A word of warning

If the past three posts on this subject of motorcycle touring through Vietnam’s Central Highland region are any indication,  I loved that trip more than any other experience I’d had in Vietnam yet. The Central Highlands are such an incredibly … Continue reading

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Down (but not so out) in Malibu

So here I am, a grounded traveler, a nomadic aspiring travel writer stuck at her mother’s house trying to scrape together enough cash to fly away again. In truth, I really have nothing to complain about—I’m recuperating nicely from my … Continue reading

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