11 Things Ireland is Famous For In October, 2024 I was lucky to find a two-week dog sitting position in Dublin. As a result, I was able to explore Dublin city for many days. I visited several museums, parks and gardens, Dublin Castle, a famous prison, and a historic Guinness family estate known as Farleigh …
Exploring Europe 2024: My Three-Month Travel Plans Back in February, while I was pet sitting in Alaska, I wrote about my 2024 world travel plans. My post-Alaska plans entailed traveling around UK and EU for most of the year, starting in mid-April with a two-month tour around Scotland. Fast forward to early June, when I …
This Week I’m Heading to Belgium for the first time! My two-month travels and pet sitting assignments around Scotland are just finishing. On Monday, June 10th I fly to Belgium for the first time, where I’ll begin my 90-day tour around a few select countries in Europe. By the time you read this article, I’ll …
LashWorldTour 2024 Travel Plans Greetings from Alaska! This year marks my 27th year of continuous solo world travels. And I fully intend to make it another adventurous year exploring ‘new’ countries, all in my quest to visit every country on the planet. As many of you already know, I kicked off 2024 by heading to …
10 Surprising Facts about the country of Georgia 1. Georgia is one of the world’s oldest wine-making regions Wine-making is a deeply-ingrained aspect of Georgian culture. Archeaological digs have uncovered wine-making evidence dating back 8000 years. That means to about 6000 BC. Wine is produced in four main areas in Georgia and Georgian vineyards produce …
5 Amazing Places to Stay in Europe Europe is such a diverse continent to spend your much needed vacation. It is known to have rich history in terms of architecture, food, civilization, and culture. It proves that your time and efforts will not be wasted if you choose to seek tranquility in Europe. However, if …
Differences between US and European Cities In 2019 I visited a whopping 13 countries, a first-time achievement for me since I travel so slowly and thoroughly (Generally, I explore only about four countries per year). All of my 2019 destinations were new countries for me, bar two, namely USA and Spain. Except for Morocco, all …
12 Fantastic Things to Do in Istanbul for under $5 US Istanbul is an absolutely massive city with an incredibly extensive & regal history. The city is full of world-class museums, historic Sultan’s palaces, some of the world’s most famous mosques, intriguing ancient markets, interesting & quirky neighborhoods, castles, a plethora of architecture from various …
10 Free Things to do in Istanbul – Turkey Istanbul is a massive city. A city with an extremely extensive and important history. There are hundreds, if not thousands, of interesting sites for visitors to see and explore: dozens of museums, hundreds of mosques, several historic royal palaces, large plazas, massive covered markets, quirky neighborhoods, …
My First Impressions of Istanbul – Turkey Wow! What a fantastic city! Istanbul is massive, studded with impressive historic mosques, hefty stone castles, elaborate Turkish palaces, European-era shopping streets, historic Turkish bathhouses still in use, ancient towers, underground cisterns, churches & cathedrals, world-class museums, Byzantine wall ruins and many other historic structures. The sprawling mega-city …
Hi! I'm Lash, an American nomadic world traveler who's been traveling solo since 1998. I’m passionate about traveling the world nomadically and then sharing it all with you. I hope to inspire you to travel the world, to entertain you with tales from the road, and to help you reach your travel dreams. Welcome! 
