What 1 Year of Travel Has Brought Me

I’m draped across my princess bed that I managed to score on airbnb, sucked into that page turner Fall… [more]

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Rajasthan – Jewel of India

When the train lurches, propelling itself from the platform in Delhi, leaving behind the dense, smoggy… [more]

Rajasthan – Jewel of India Rajasthan - Jewel of India

Couchsurfing for Solo Women Travelers, Good or Bad?

As a solo woman in and out of the traveling world, I'm taught to be afraid.  Do not walk alone at night.… [more]

Couchsurfing for Solo Women Travelers, Good or Bad? Couchsurfing for Solo Women Travelers, Good or Bad?

Why I Travel

I never did thank you.  For raising me.  Although we didn't always connect, seemed worlds apart - I… [more]

Why I Travel Why I Travel

Batad Rice Terraces Dazzle in the Philippines

January 9, 2012

If only Portuguese explorer  Ferdinand Magellan knew what he was in store for him when he arrived to the shore of a series of interconnecting islands, to be later named after King Phillip II of Spain – the Philippines. He must have known it was paradise, because he greedily claimed the archipelago consisting of 7,107 islands [...]

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House Hunters International Wants Me?

January 5, 2012

It really happened by accident. I was on my way to Taiwan to visit my friend and colleague, Matt Gibson, when he asked me the weirdest question by email. “Would you be interested in being on TV with me?” I don’t even own one anymore.  I got rid of it long before embarking on my [...]

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2 Year Anniversary of Nomadic Chick!

January 2, 2012
2 year anniversary

I suck at anniversaries.  When I was “married”, I was the strangest woman on earth, because we never celebrated our anniversary. Not once. Hmmm…  guess it makes sense why that one didn’t work out. I’m a sensitive gal, but not overly romantic.  I also think it’s silly to make someone buy me things just because [...]

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Crazy Travel Lady Needs to Stop

December 29, 2011

I was talking to myself again.  Which is not a surprising event.  I did this quirky thing in my past life, but this time the urge grabbed hold of me, like an unwanted hand encircling my arm and squeezing. It all started with my hotel room in Fuzhou.  I started pontificating about the size of [...]

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Sally Hope Says: The Right Time

December 26, 2011

It’s the holidays, a time of renewal and wistful remembrance of the past year.  What would you change?  How would you change it? What would you keep the same?  What do you want to do now?  Sit down and plan out those resolutions, isn’t it time to do what you’ve been burying during the past year? [...]

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What I Packed for the Trans-Manchurian

December 19, 2011
trans manchurain

I’ve been fielding a number of questions lately about that little Train Challenge I tackled back in September. When I tell complete strangers that I spent six days on a train without getting off, eyes as large as saucers pierce me viciously.  Shocked.  Astounded.  Even slightly in awe of my gumption to torture myself with [...]

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Adventure of a Lifetime: China to Taiwan by Ferry, Part 2

December 15, 2011

Morning came.  It was difficult to leave my cozy bed at JinJiang, yet an unwritten day was ahead. I placed things out the previous night, had a packing sequence all set, and began in earnest to launch my intention to enter Taiwan by boat first, and god knew what else. Airplane?  Another ferry? Events from [...]

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Adventure of a Lifetime: China to Taiwan by Ferry, Part 1

December 12, 2011

The HostelBookers search results flickered against the dim light in my hostel room. A tremor of panic made my hand quiver against the track pad of my laptop. Fuzhou does not exist, at least in the backpacker’s realm. Hostels were a zero search result for this southern Chinese city. I vaguely wondered if the Wikitravel [...]

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Shanghai: The Bund

December 8, 2011

You could accuse me of being a cynic  A big, fat one.  See, I’ve seen a lot of amazing things. Huge, spectacular, memorable and life-altering.  Maybe I’m at the point where a monument of beauty and historical significance really has to move me.  To tears. Or ripples of joy. When I was in Shanghai, I [...]

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