Bucket List Ideas
Guatapé Is More Than the View From El Peñol
El Peñol is not hidden. The staircase attached to an enormous rock, the reservoir spreading below it, and the colorful town of…
Topic
Perspective
Budgeting
Budget Travel in Colombia Is a Route Problem
Colombia can be affordable, but the old promise of a bed for five dollars and an entire month for a few hundred…
Explore
The Peruvian Amazon Is Not One Destination
Saying you are going to the Peruvian Amazon is a little like saying you are going to the mountains. It identifies an…
Become
The Road Into Machu Picchu
Most people arrive at Machu Picchu after a train and a bus. The Inca Trail changes the first impression by making the…
Bolivia
Isla del Sol Is Not a Spiritual Prop
Isla del Sol rises from Lake Titicaca high enough that the light seems to have fewer places to hide. Terraced hills fall…
Asia
Thailand’s Islands Are Not Hidden, Only Different
Koh Lipe, Koh Chang, Koh Mak, Koh Tao, and Koh Phayam have all appeared on enough hidden-island lists to lose any reasonable…
Asia
Teaching English in Thailand Is a Job, Not a Gap Year
Teaching English in Thailand is often advertised as travel with a salary attached. Beaches on weekends, bowls of noodles after class, smiling…
Asia
A Sak Yant Is Not a Souvenir
A Sak Yant may look like a tattoo, but approaching it as body art with a better travel story misses most of…
Asia
Thailand Is Cheap Until You Keep Moving
Thailand can be affordable. It can also become expensive with impressive speed once you start adding islands, domestic flights, dive trips, nightlife,…