Thailand – My 5 Favorite Places I haven’t written much about Thailand on LashWorldTour, which is exceedingly ironic because Thailand has been the single most significant country of my entire world travels. For starters, I kicked off my life-long world trip in Bangkok. I thoroughly explored that vast & intriguing city before setting off on …
Budget Travelers Guide to Drinking Cocktails on the Road I’m a cocktails girl. Always have been. Somehow, I’ve just never acquired a taste for beer, nor wine for that matter. All those fermented and yeasty beverages just don’t sit well with my palate. Over the years, from the strong prodding of friends, acquaintances, colleagues …
My Super Low Costs to Travel Around New Zealand for One Month You’re not going to believe this, but… During my first month traveling around New Zealand’s North Island, from March 13-April 13, 2014, I spent a total of just $207.50 NZ / $173 US. Seriously. In addition, I paid $75 NZ / $62.50 US …
My First Impressions of Auckland, New Zealand The first time I ventured into Auckland city to explore (nearly quivering with excitement at having finally made it to NZ) I was not very favorably impressed. In fact, one could say I was rather underwhelmed. Even greatly disappointed. I had certainly been expecting much greater things of …
Travel Perspectives: Busting My Own Myths About India Late last year I finally traveled through India. After 20 years of hemming and hawing about braving India’s noise, crowds, filth and hassles I finally came up with a plan for an Easy Trip Through India and took the leap. For three months I traveled through the …
Chandigarh, India: The Strangest City I’ve Ever Visited Chandigarh was not part of my original travel plans for India. In fact, I knew nothing about it except that it was a large Indian city on the hot plains just south of the Himalayan state of Himachal Pradesh. ‘Big city in India’ was enough to put …
Travel Perspectives: Maybe It’s Time for Me to Leave SE Asia? When I arrived in Nepal in late-September, I was suddenly struck by a very peculiar personal phenomenon. One that has continued unabated ever since. Now two months in the making, I’m still scratching my head over this one… It all started during my first …
Travel Perspectives: Dreaming of Viewing the Northern Lights Earlier this year I wrote about my strong aversion to cold and how that’s been holding me back from visiting many places in the world and enjoying many wonderful cold-weather activities that I actually used to love as a kid. I pondered how I was ever going …
Travel Tales: Waking Up in a Medieval Town I was awakened at dawn by live accordion music. Whhaaat the..? Before I could make any sense of it, a loud bell rang out three clear notes. The accordion continued its melodic song. Despite my weariness this was just too bizarre to sleep through. I rolled out …
Travel Perspectives: Should I Live in San Francisco? A lot of people ask me if I plan to eventually return to the USA to ‘settle down’ and establish a home. In reply, I wrote a post entitled Would I Ever Live in the United States? I explained that, for many many reasons I actually have …
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! 
