When to Book Your Hotel Ahead vs When to Just Show Up and Find a Room During my 14 years of world travels I’ve noticed over and over again that western travelers, particularly Americans and Europeans, seem obsessed with booking all their accommodation before they travel. As if that’s the only possible way to travel. …
TRAVEL STORY: DISASTER- MISSING RENTAL MOTORBIKE! I watched my burgeoning travel and blogging life disintegrate before my very eyes. I nearly had a heart attack as my heart thumped full steam ahead. My rental scooter was gone! I searched up and down the street in the area I’d parked it three hours earlier. A car …
PHOTO GALLERY: Nudibranchs by Grahame Massicks This is the third photo gallery in my ongoing series of underwater images by my friend and former colleague PADI Master Scuba Diver Trainer and UW photographer extraordinaire, Grahame Massicks. Like many professional divers, both Grahame and I are smitten by nudibranchs. Also know by the inglorious name ‘sea slugs’, …
TRAVEL INTERVIEW WITH ABIGAIL KING OF INSIDE THE TRAVEL LAB In this week’s travel interview, I’m thrilled to present beautiful and talented Abigail King of Inside the Travel Lab. Abi’s a highly successful freelance travel writer / photographer who’s had her work published in such prestigious magazines as National Geographic Traveler, BBC and Lonely Planet. …
10 FREE THINGS TO DO IN UBUD BALI 1. Admire Balinese paintings and artists Since Ubud is Bali’s ‘village of the artists’ it’s only right to start with the painters… Several of Ubud’s major museums charge 50.000 rp entry fees ( $6 US). While that’s not outrageous, such costs do add up for budget travelers. These …
ADDING LUXURY TO MY TRAVELS: CAVE GROTTO SPA IN UBUD BALI Sinking down into an enormous hot pool, in complete solitude, I was engulfed by glorious heat. Hot water seeped into my aching muscles that were screaming from yesterday’s extensive cycling. Soon heat invigorated skin tissue, soothed nerve endings and penetrated muscles. My face muscles …
PHOTO GALLERY: Yuyuan Garden and Temple Area- Shanghai Shanghai, China is an ultra-modern city, full of skyscrapers, unique modern architecture, huge apartment blocks, and a variety of neighborhoods. There’s a lot of history is this city, too, and some of it remains visible in older districts like Puxi promenade with its colonial British granite buildings, …
LUXURY TRAVEL TIPS: BEST ROOFTOP COCKTAIL BARS IN KUALA LUMPUR 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 gel with my palate. Over the years, at the strong insistence of friends, acquaintances, colleagues and …
TRAVEL INTERVIEW: Vago Damitio of Vagobond Online Magazine Meet Vago Damitio, published author and founder & publisher of the popular Vagobond online travel magazine. Vago has been a world traveler for most of his adult life and was blogging well before most of us even knew travel blogs existed. He’s also written a dozen books …
TRAVEL STORY: DETOUR TO UBUD BALI Recently I had to make a long unexpected detour to Ubud in central Bali. I had not planned on going all the way down there from Bali’s north coast, nor did I particularly want to visit that over-touristy, traffic-clogged town. I wanted to continue westward along Bali’s north coast …
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! 
