Monthly Archives: August 2010

Why I Travel

A lot of people got their panties in a twist over Nomadic Matt‘s Huffington Post article “Why We Travel,” which is mostly about why he travels. I know I already covered this in “Why Can’t We Be Friends,” but I wanted to explain why I travel. Do with … Continue reading

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REVIEW: The Lost Girls

I treated myself to the much anticipated book by the bloggers that first inspired me for my 22nd birthday. I had high hopes, but had been disappointed before by travel-blogger-hyped novels (see my review of Imagine: A Vagabond Story). Thankfully, The … Continue reading

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Trip Relationships

I was familiar with the trip relationship concept long before one of my fellow travelers told me about his “bus girlfriend,” or the girl he hooked up with while on BusAbout‘s Eastern Trekker tour. It made perfect sense: enjoy each others’ company … Continue reading

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Favorite Travel Memories: Ellora

This week’s Favorite Travel Memory is by the lovely Connie of Connvoyage.com! When I was traveling in India, I met a family who invited me to one of their son’s wedding in a few weeks. I have always wanted to attend … Continue reading

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The Thing About Elephants

If you read Andi Perullo‘s FTM two weeks ago, you know how much she loves elephants. Well I didn’t realize how much I did until I saw Eat Pray Love. The moment where the elephant comes up to her when she’s … Continue reading

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Photo of the Day: Rome, Italy

A pigeon takes a rest on the fountain I pulled these babies out of the CITC archives this week (lots more where these came from) from my Italy trip in 2006. Watching Eat Pray Love made me want to go back. … Continue reading

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Try Before You Buy with Resort Interviews

The following is a sponsored post from ResortInterviews.com, but I don’t write about anything I don’t support myself. I don’t know about you, but with my limited income, I don’t want to spend a lot of money on a resort or … Continue reading

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Things I’ve Done for Travel Money

Rocking my press pass covering SEWE for the Charleston City Paper Since I am not one of those people who leaves a high paying job to travel, I work pathetic little side jobs to save up for trips. I hustle doing … Continue reading

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Favorite Travel Memories: Cork

It doesn’t take much to make a favorite travel memory in Ireland, but this one had nothing to do with Guinness or pubs (although I’ve got some of those too). My sister, her roommate and I were at the mid-trip fork in … Continue reading

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Hostel Review: Broadway Hotel and Hostel

In case you didn’t hear, I went to New York for the second Travel Blog Exchange. I had a lot of dilemmas in choosing where to stay for many reasons. First, I was traveling by myself, so it’s not like I … Continue reading

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