Travelettes

Meeting people on the road - with an app

07/30/2015

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Being on the road all by yourself feels amazing - at least most of the time. Unfortunately, there will come a momentÂ though, when you suddenly realise that traveling alone also means, that you are, well, alone. Unless you stay in a 12-bed hostel dorm in a city frequented by the coolest backpackers out there, and especially when you are not the most outgoing[...]

This could be heaven - Return to Velassaru, Maldives

07/29/2015

Katja

Favs F, Hotels, Maldives

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It all started with my friend Caroline canceling last minute. We have known each other for 5 years, well enough for me to know that this might happen and when it did I was not all that suprised. Still â€“ now I didn't have a girlfriend to join me on my girlfriend getaway! With just 2 weeks left I called up all my female friends, including those living in dif[...]

Hotels We Love: Kata Rocks, Phuket

07/27/2015

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Beaches, Favs F, Hotels, Phuket

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For a while now, I've been fighting Phuket's corner. I lived there for nearly three months in 2012 and it featured heavily in theÂ Southeast Asia leg of my RTW travels in 2011. It may not be idyllic Thailand and it certainly doesn't offer a break away from it all but it does have some great advantages. Here are some of them: 1. It's easy and relatively af[...]

The ultimate Travelettes Packing List for India

07/18/2015

Kathi

Fashion, Favs F, India, Travel Tips

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Before my recent 10-day tripÂ to India there were a lot of questions to be asked.Â Why would you go there? Is it safe? Why are you taking that risk?Â - those were the questions my mum was asking.Â Which vaccinations should I get? How to avoid biting monkeys? What will I eat that is not too spicy?Â - that would be my best friend, who was going to join me. And[...]

10 travel essentials which you always forget to pack...

04/22/2015

Kathi

Favs F, Must Have's, popular posts, Shopping, Travel Prep

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I'm sure you know it all; that terrible feeling when you sitÂ at the airport gate, suddenly a flash of stinging pain shoots through your brainÂ and you realise, you left your hair brush next to your bed. Or your toothpaste in the bathroom. Or your phone charger attached to the plug behind your bed... Argh - again! Over the years I have developed some exit st[...]

Hotels We Love: The Tongsai Bay on Ko Samui

04/16/2015

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Beaches, Favs F, Hotels, Ko Samui

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"Pardon me while I hang out in heaven for the next few days" was my first Instagram photo caption of The Tongsai Bay Resort. When the resort opened its white, pearly gates to me (okay, more like bamboo gates), I entered a world where a relaxing vacation lives in harmony with nature. Ko Samuiâ€™s first five star green hotel offered four tranquil days of excep[...]