I have kept this article in my bookmarks bar for a long time and finally realized what a good idea it would be to share with my fellow Travelettes!

Chris Guillebeau writes about “28 things I wish I’d know before I started traveling“. He covers a bunch of topics from healthcare to transport to politics and mentions most of the basic tips I could possibly think of sharing. Should I trust …

So… you return from a massive adventure around the world where you lived on exotic beaches, drank cheap whiskey by the (literal) bucket loads, and explored new exciting cities, meeting and greeting new faces constantly. Then you return to a cold and miserable British summer where unemployment is sky high and you need to search under the sofa cushions just to scrape together a bus fare. It sucks.
Jaclyn’s article of …

For those in the Northern Hemisphere, winter is fast approaching. Though some of us are still having sunny days and good weather, soon the inclement side of things will be rolling in. After ending up “accidentally” backpacking through central and Eastern Europe last winter, I can’t recommend anyone try to repeat this. Traveling is already challenging enough when you don’t have to factor in hauling around snow boots and heavy …

Now that we’ve discussed meeting boys on the road let’s talk about the other things in life that can’t be forgotten while traveling: fashion. Looking fashionable is always desirable however I often, when beginning to travel, found it difficult to “keep up” with trends as I carried 2 pairs of pants and 5 t-shirts. Not quite so fashionable. Then I realized the best part about traveling: you have the opportunity …

If I were to ask you to name the most beautiful beach in the world what would you say? Somewhere exotic in Thailand, a secluded island in the Caribbean, or maybe you’re tempted by the crystal clear waters of Mexico? Perhaps a beach in the south of France would not be a natural choice but I recently found somewhere I consider to be amongst the most beautiful beaches in the world!

The …

I was extremely surprised when I came across this article the other day, talking about tourists paying to go on a simulation of a Mexico-USA border crossing. The participants pay a relatively small fee (one is cited as 15 USD) to race after mock human traffickers without food or water. The slow ones are captured by “border patrol vans” and “deported”. For me this rang a similar note to Favela …

My dear motherland, Norway, is known as one of the world’s most expensive countries, but also one of the most beautiful (and yes, I am very objective in this case). When trying to sweet-talk Norway to people, the first thing I get asked about is if it’s true that a beer cost 10 euros and how one can afford to travel there. During my three years of studying in Bergen …

Dear travelettes,
during my recent trip through the United States I filmed everything and everyone and I’ve been working on editing a mini series of short films, each episode located in a different city.
The first stop on my US itinerary was New York City, which is why there series starts here. Enjoy.

My friend Julie from France and I wanted to volunteer somewhere this summer- the only question was – where? After a comprehensive internet research we decided to go to Guatemala. Why? Because the Mayan culture of Guatemala seemed quite interesting, it was not too far from the States (where I will be studying abroad soon) and on top of that we were offered the opportunity to travel to Belize and …

The last stop of our whirlwind road trip led us to a region of Spain which technically can’t even be described as such: Navarra is one of Spain’s autonomous communities (like the Basque Country), fully equipped with it’s own parliament and government. Some of the people living in Navarra even go as far as to refuse to speak Spanish with foreigners and insist on communicating in Basque instead.

After a long …