…om boils down to 3 main factors, which reflect the many different types of travelers, travel styles and destinations: • Type of accommodation: luxury, mid-range or budget • Trip specifics: where, when, how long, with whom and purpose of travel • Peoples’ basic character: primarily security-driven or primarily freedom-driven Taking all these factors into consideration, here are my lists of when it’s better to book accommodation ahead of time and wh…
…l want? Today Nellie gives us insights into Singaporean’s take on backpack travel, how she became a travel addict and journalist, and her personal travel highlights. Without further ado, heeeerrre’s Nellie: Q1: Nellie, you’re the only Singaporean nomadic traveler I know. Are there many others? Or are you the one unique Singaporean world nomad? Among Singaporeans, would your lifestyle be considered desirable and enviable, as it is often seen among…
…ay I told this particular story… not to mention the final outcome. 8. Best travel story or travel perspective: Detour to Ubud, Bali I think this is one of my best-written stories of 2012 as well as offering perspectives on the potential rewards of flexible travel plans. temple guardians at Kintamani – Bali 9. Best travel adventure: Sea Jacuzzi at Langkawi Island, Malaysia To be honest, although the sea jacuzzi was certainly fun, it wasn’t actually…
…ung son. In this intriguing interview, we find out the differences between travel blogs and travel magazines, peak into Muslim family life, and hear about Vago’s favorites places… Q1. Your travel site, Vagobond, is an online magazine rather than a travel blog. Could you please distinguish for us what’s the difference? Vagobond started out as a travel blog. To be honest, I was never very happy having the word blah (as in blah-guh) describing my wor…
…The Monastery in Petra, Jordan Q11: What’s your current mode of long-term travel? Do you travel continuously? Or do you stop somewhere for chunks of time? If so, where and for how long? My travel style is a work in progress. After that first year of rapid travel around the world I have slowed down a whole lot, taking it slower and staying for longer in various countries including my hometown. Earlier this summer I came to the suddenanddefinitec…
…hind-the-scenes look at Survivor TV show when I worked on crew, and random travel misadventures. Travel Tips– Need help, advice, suggestions on travel? Here you’ll find my very popular ongoing series, ‘10 Free Things to do in…‘ for destinations all over the world. My other popular series How to Afford Long-Term World Travel explains how I and many other world travelers earn an income to keep traveling. Besides that, find tips on accommodation, fli…
…he trip. Q7. So you made your first RTW in 2008-2009 and you launched your travel blog AsWeTravel in 2010. What did you get up to in between? We finished our first RTW trip in May 2009, and then spent a few months back in Sweden just relaxing and catching up on things. Then in November 2009 we decided to move to Switzerland to ski for the winter, during that winter we decided to start As We Travel, which we did on the 1st of February, 2010. Sofia…
…es in school. The truth is that there isn’t too much difference to writing travel other than in writing about travel you have much more freedom to be creative. I consider myself a form of journalist, rather than simply a creative writer and my educational background is the foundation for that style in my published works. I first decided to publish after a trip to Colombia. I had been writing very boring opinion pieces like those of which I would s…
…EST hostels in Mexico! Which is amazing since I rarely like hostels. FINAL TRAVELS… TRAVEL UPDATE MEXICO: OMG! I have to leave Mexico this Saturday! Noooo… DRATS! Time’s up! My Mexican 6-month visa expires on Dec. 3rd. I have no choice but to leave. Sigh. Of course I can always return! …and I’ve already planned a 3-4 month journey in central MX/Pacific coast, which I may undertake in February. Meanwhile, on Sat. I fly back to Florida to spend Dece…
…ties of Cuernavaca and Puebla. Learn about those gorgeous cities and other travel adventures in my September Travel Review. From Puebla I visited the attractive colonial city of Oaxaca for one week, with a surprise guided tour of Oaxaca Valley by a local Mexican ‘cowboy’ thrown in. Then I headed south to Oaxaca state’s gorgeous Pacific coast beaches. I ended up exploring those charming Bohemian beaches for more than two weeks. Although they were s…
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! 
