Travel blogger. Budget backpacker. Digital nomad. Serial expat.
After venturing into the heart of a Pyramid, snapping selfies with the Sphinx, and mingling with mummies at the Egyptian Museum, my second day in Egypt—and the first full day of my 11-day guided...
In January 2012, I kicked off a tradition on this blog: my annual travel recap. Whether I blogged daily that year or barely squeezed in a post every six months, and whether I published...
There was a time in my life, way back in the ancient days of 2015, when I worked on this blog every. single. day. Giddy over my steady readership growth, bolstered by local blogger...
My month-long expedition through Egypt, Jordan, Italy, and Malta had barely begun, and I’d already seen more than I ever dared to dream. Cairo had knocked my socks off on the first day of...
Exactly one year ago, I found myself high above the Atlantic Ocean, bound for Cairo, Egypt, eager to embark on an eleven-day odyssey through the land of the Nile. It marked the start of...
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published January 9, 2024 · Last modified January 18, 2024
In all my years of compiling end-of-year travel recaps, I have had a lot of good years. Like 2016, when I visited 29 countries in a single year. Or 2011, when I graduated college...
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published August 28, 2023 · Last modified January 18, 2024
When I closed my full-time travel chapter in 2017, having lived abroad for years and then backpacked for sixteen months, I thought my long-term travel days were behind me. I knew the grind of...
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published June 25, 2023 · Last modified January 18, 2024
As someone who’s always been a sucker for deals and freebies, the phrase “all-inclusive” is like music to my ears. So a free all-inclusive experience? Now you’re really speaking my language! Moreover, a free, all-inclusive...
