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No matter what, women have to be on guard in Cairo. Your brain is on every minute of every day in order to keep yourself safe. It’s exhausting, but not unlike some other places I’ve traveled to. As a confident traveler, I got cocky and assumed that as long as …

Kyrgy…what? No, not Kazakhstan, not Pakistan, not Afghanistan. I’m here to chat about a small, Central Asian country today called Kyrgyzstan. Here, it’s pronounced, kur-gi-stan, or at least that’s how I pronounce it ? It’s located in Central Asia and is bordered by Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and China. It differs …

Kyrgyzstan food had me at meat and potatoes. If you didn’t read my intro to my trip to Kyrgyzstan, check it out here. But let’s get to the good stuff, shall we? The question that I was immediately asked as soon as I found out I was going to Kyrgyzstan …

In the wake of concerns over travel safety for women following several high profile attacks in Thailand, Brazil, India and Turkey, the wisdom of choosing to travel is being called into question. Over the past 10 years, I’ve spent close to three years altogether traveling solo in India, Canada, Ireland, …

What is Portuguese food anyways? This was the question I asked myself almost immediately after we booked our plane tickets for Porto. I was intimately familiar with Spanish, Italian, even French food, but for some reason Portuguese food was big old blank. I’m not sure why Portuguese food doesn’t get …

I have seen heaven, and it is a food market in Lisbon. Imagine: a vast cafeteria, the size of a football field, serving up nothing but unique local food items at affordable prices. Imagine most of the vendors here speak English, for ease of ordering, and you can just wander …

People ask me about my favorite country a lot, and it’s a ridiculously hard question to answer. I love so many place that I’ve been; it’s impossible to choose one. I usually end up mumbling some random combination of Italy, Colombia, Vietnam and Mexico. Oh and maybe Bosnia. I have …

Last week I took a crazily- minute work assignment in Iceland. Seriously, last minute- like get my flight itinerary Monday morning and leave Monday afternoon last minute. I didn’t really mind though because I couldn’t pass up a chance to revisit one of my favorite countries, the place where this travel …

Located in Northwest London, the neighborhood of Camden is a hip, cool spot for 20 and 30-somethings to dine, drink and be merry. It offers a cool vibe and an even more vibrant food scene. London is known to be one of the most ethnically diverse cities in the world, …

Adventure while traveling comes in every shape and size. Sometimes it’s climbing a 14k foot volcano, sometimes it’s snorkeling with whale sharks or trying fried tarantulas or even spending a day with a remote hill tribe. A first trip to Italy typically involves a whirlwind experience of a handful of …