TRAVEL STORY: FRASER ISLAND BACKPACKING DISASTER A ‘Survivor’ TV crew pal named Steve and I set out from Noosa early one morning on an exciting journey. We were heading out in his 4WD truck to drive 70 kms up the beach through Great Sandy National Park to a small town called Rainbow Beach. I had …
TRAVEL STORY: INCIDENTS AT NOOSA AUSTRALIA- THE SUNSHINE COAST After one eventful week of culture and clubbing in Brisbane, I finally headed back to Australia’s beaches, this time to the Sunshine Coast, located a bit north of Brisbane. I caught a train from ‘Brisbie’ to a tiny country station about 2 hours north. From there I …
MY BIZARRE SUMMER IN MANCHESTER, ENGLAND I arrived in Manchester one chill summer day on a train up from London. I was about to begin my new life as… (let me cough this out…) a paintball ticket sales woman. Ah-hem! The great thing, I reminded myself again at the train station, was that I could skip the …
MY TRIP TO BRISBANE, AUSTRALIA I arrived one fine evening in Brisbane on a train from Australia’s sparkling Gold Coast. That morning I’d packed up my tent in a campground startlingly hemmed in by soaring skyscrapers, then cycled along a peaceful inland waterway one hour to the train station, where I hopped aboard. I don’t recall …
MY GOLD COAST CYCLE TRIP After nearly 2 weeks hanging out at Byron Bay and spending much time with Denis, my then-German-boyfriend, I finally set out to cycle again. I actually hadn’t done any cycle-touring since the previous April in southern Thailand, where I’d been cycling down the west coast until I was picked up as crew …
ESCAPE FROM BORACAY… ON TO PANGLAO ISLAND After an excruciating four months living on ramshackle, over-developed Boracay Island and scuba diving daily on devastated coral reefs while observing divers grabbing coral, fish and marine life, I was practically ready to lose my mind. I opted for the saner option: at lonnnng last, I finally and …
ON TO BORACAY ISLAND PHILIPPINES… As soon as I boarded the overnight ferry at Cebu City pier I already felt better simply because of escaping that ramshackle city. Adding to my relief, the ferry to Boracay Island was quite pleasant: 2 entire decks of bunk beds, open-aired. It wasn’t crowded and very few people were assigned beds near mine, which …
Quite unfortunately, I arrived in Cebu City, Philippines. I’d flown in from Malaysia for my first visit to the country, in search of scuba diving work. Taking a cab from the airport through the city and then walking around during my first evening left me thinking, “Uh, oh. Am I going to like the Philippines?” The entire city seemed …
Shanghai to Hong Kong by Overnight Train After living 3 months in Shanghai I had to leave the country to get a new visa. The closest and cheapest destination is Hong Kong. Even so, it’s not really close: a 2-hour flight or a 21-hour train trip. That’s much further than I have to travel for visa …
MY CARAVAN TRAVEL AROUND AUSTRALIA On Jan. 12th Denis and I finally packed up our caravan and left Lane Cove National Park near Sydney to begin our much-anticipated caravan travel around Australia. By then we’d already been camping in Lane Cove nearly 3 weeks and were restless to start traveling. It was my first …
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! 
