For me, the best part of solo travel is the freedom to hop on opportunities as they present themselves. Sometimes it’s an opportunity to...

I left Sukhothai and headed on a night bus to Bangkok, from here I took a short flight to Surat Thani, a costal town in southern...

Si Satchanalai isn’t quite the tourist destination. It’d be like someone from Thailand flying all the way to the United States to visit...

Pai, Thailand has been recommended to me by travelers I’ve met in Europe, India, Sri Lanka and Vietnam. Everyone has a Pai story. It’s...

I’ve been traveling for almost 5 months and most of the time it has been go, go, go, go from one place to the next. It’s fun and if you...

I reached the point of exhaustion after hiking Mount Fansipan that I was able to sleep on an airport bench in Hanoi for 7 hours. I woke...

Sa Pa is known for its iconic rice paddies, lush valleys and mountain peaks. It holds the highest point in Indochina, Mount Fansipan. Sa...

A few years ago a friend told me about the Ha Giang Loop. The Loop is made up of winding roads that pass through one of the most...

I think the best thing I’ve done for myself while traveling, besides putting an AirTag in my wallet, is deciding to go with the flow of...

In terms of literature, an adventure story needs 6 components: a hero, a quest, an unfamiliar or dangerous environment, a villain, a risk...

I met Mimi and Ailish at my yoga teacher training, two free-spirited girls from Southern Ireland that say things like “good on ye” and...

Francis, Michael and I decided that we would travel south together post-Rishikesh. The best thing about solo traveling is that there’s...

A new term I've picked up through my travels is ‘sticky places'. I've listened to other travelers use this when describing a place they...

It's almost a month and a half since I landed in India but it feels like a lifetime has passed me. As soon as the plane touched down I...

The Cyclades are a series of islands south of the mainland in the Aegean Sea. Santorini and Mykonos are the most popular, epically with...

I got to Athens, expecting to see Roman ruins and gyros as soon as I stepped off the plane. I found out quickly by following the crowds...

Myah is my best friend, so she had the burden of listening to me go on and on about potentially leaving the US to backpack the world for...

I said goodbye to Melissa, Dino, Lukas and Nacho and took an overnight train from Basel, Switzerland to Vienna, Austria. I’ve been...

I left Nice and got on a short flight to Basel, Switzerland. Switzerland wasn't even apart of my original plan for Europe, which only...

Mads, Alaiyah and I took a very early flight to Nice, France. My face was glued to the window the whole flight, looking down at the Alps....