Travel Tips: My Five Most Essential Travel Items As many of my friends & followers already know, I started my solo world travels back in 1998 in Thailand. Over the course of these 16 years I’ve been able to discard many items that I initially thought would be useful or even essential, as I eventually realized …
My Costs to Travel Around Fiji for 2 Months Armed with the knowledge that Fiji actively markets to and caters for budget travelers and having a 1-month HelpX assignment lined up at remote Kadavu Island, I headed to exotic Fiji as an independent budget traveler in early June, 2014. I’d already booked myself into two …
PHOTO GALLERY: Boudhanath Stupa – Kathmandu, Nepal Majestic Boudhanath Stupa is one of Kathmandu’s most famous and intriguing temples. Standing 36 M tall, it’s one of the world’s highest stupas and the tallest in Nepal. It was awarded UNESCO World Heritage Status in 1979. Although Nepal is primarily a Hindu nation, thousands of Tibetans have …
10 Free Things to do in Brisbane, Australia Australia’s third largest city, sunny Brisbane, is located about midway along Australia’s extensive eastern coast. With flash Gold Coast just to the south and the stunning Sunshine Coast just to the north, Brisbane lies squarely in the heart of Australia’s famed stretch of gorgeous, sun-drenched beaches. The …
Five Delicious Traditional Fiji Dishes Fiji’s traditional cuisine relies heavily on foods available naturally on the island. As a result, their delicious dishes are usually made from fish and seafood, coconuts, root vegetables such as cassava and taro, other crop vegetables, citrus fruits and some chicken, pork and lamb. Many dishes use coconut milk, which …
10 Free Things to do in Fiji In two recent posts about Fiji, I pointed out that this Pacific island nation actively markets to and caters for budget travelers. All around Fiji’s scattered islands travelers can find beach-side budget resorts, dorm rooms, and inexpensive rooms at city budget hotels & guest houses. Read more about …
Work Exchange: 50 Benefits I Enjoyed on New Zealand HelpX Gigs Those of you who followed my 3-month travels around New Zealand earlier this year know that I did several work exchange gigs at people’s homes. At each place I worked about 4 hours per day in exchange for room and board. More specifically, I …
Work Exchange: Pros & Cons A great way to travel through more expensive countries of the world, particularly for hopeful wanderlusters who feel their travels thwarted by a lack of funds, is to do a series of work exchange gigs. The concept works along the lines of ‘You pat my back, I’ll pat yours’. Generally …
PHOTO GALLERY: Historic Levuka – Fiji’s Original Wild West Surprisingly, this tiny historic town, located on the minor island of Ovalau, was the original capital city of Fiji when it came under British sovereignty in the late 1800s. Reputedly, in it’s heyday, Levuka packed in no less than 52 hotels along its sole waterfront road. …
My Low Costs to Travel Around New Zealand – Month 3 In early 2014 I traveled around New Zealand’s North Island for three months on a budget, doing several HelpX assignments at locals’ homes in exchange for room and board. In between those gigs I went off on my own to explore a few NZ …
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! 
