NEWS: I’ve Joined Matador U Travel Media School! I’m thrilled to announce that I have become a student of Matador U Travel Media School! I’ll be taking courses in travel writing and travel photography. I’ve been wanting to join Matador U ever since I began travel blogging in 2011. Every year I say, “Ok, this …
My 12 Best Experiences at New Zealand’s South Island I just completed an adventurous 3-month trip around New Zealand’s famed South Island, the place where NZ’s most renowned outdoor adventures and dramatic natural wonders are found. The island boasts fjords, glaciers, mountain peaks over 3000 M, rain forests, wild rivers & coastlines, several magnificent national …
Work Exchange New Zealand: 30+ Bonuses I Enjoyed at my South Island HelpX Gigs Those of you who followed my travels around New Zealand, Australia and Fiji in 2014 already know that I participated in many work exchange gigs at people’s homes (and at two motels, too). Most hosts asked me to work about 4 …
PHOTO GALLERY: Spectacular Tunnel Beach – Dunedin, New Zealand SEE Photos of Tunnel Beach here Tunnel Beach is situated just south of Dunedin, New Zealand, on the east coast of South Island. As its name implies, Tunnel Beach is famous for its unusual stone tunnel. The rough-hewn solid-rock tunnel was commissioned by Parliament Member John …
PHOTO GALLERY: New Zealand’s Gorgeous Kepler Track See Photos of Kepler Track here New Zealand’s Deparment of Conservation (DOC) has designated, among hundreds of hikes around the country, nine ‘Great Walks’, which are considered to be premier hikes through especially spectacular scenery and habitats. Three of those nine walks are located in South Island’s Fiordland …
My 10 Best Travel Tips of 2014 on LashWorldTour As I mentioned in my recent Round-Up of Best Photo Galleries of 2014 and Best Stories of 2014, last year I finally left SE Asia to spend most of the year traveling extensively around New Zealand, Fiji and Australia. Throughout my journeys I continued compiling and …
PHOTO GALLERY: New Zealand’s Famous Abel Tasman Coast Track Abel Tasman Coast Track is one of New Zealand’s 9 designated ‘Great Walks’, those tracks passing through areas of exceptional natural beauty and/or unique eco-systems. Located along the top of South Island in Abel Tasman National Park, the track mostly hugs the coast, offering many gorgeous …
NEWS: My Abel Tasman Track Story Featured at HikeBikeTravel Adventurous Canadian travel blogger Leigh McAdam of HikeBikeTravel really out-did herself in 2014 by challenging herself to 100 Adventures around Canada. She jumped head-long into multi-day hiking, backpacking, cycling, cross-country skiing, canoeing, kayaking and camping excursions in the country’s beautiful national parks, coastlines, forests and mountains. …
Best Travel Stories of 2014 on LashWorldTour As I mentioned in a recent post highlighting My Best Travel Adventures of 2014, last year was another fantastic journey of continuous world travels for me, with many amazing adventures and several exciting ‘first’s and ‘at last!’s. After kicking the New Year off in India I returned to …
10 Best Photo Galleries of 2014 on LashWorldTour I’m happy to report that 2014 was yet another fantastic year of continuous world travels for me. In total I visited five countries: India, Malaysia, Australia, Fiji and New Zealand. The latter two I finally reached for the first time in my life and, thus, explored quite …
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! 
