Travel blogger. Budget backpacker. Digital nomad. Serial expat.
Budget Travel / Collaborations / Other
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published May 21, 2017 · Last modified September 27, 2018
“If travel were free, you’d never see me again.” Travelers have surely seen this unattributed quote pasted in funky fonts over dreamy photographs and plastered across social media. Newsflash: travel ain’t free. Globetrotting can be...
Collaborations / Madrid / Other
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published April 28, 2017 · Last modified January 18, 2024
When you imagine a visit to Madrid, you may picture yourself strolling through its cobblestone lanes, sipping wine over a plate of tapas, studying the masterpieces of Dalí and Goya, or admiring the city’s stately architecture. If...
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published April 11, 2017 · Last modified September 15, 2022
Belize and Guatemala, two absolute gems in Central America. I’ll admit I had never given much thought to them before planning my Latin America itinerary this year. However, two weeks of traveling the region made...
Cuba has, without a doubt, become one of the world’s hottest tourist destinations over the last few years. The formerly isolated country is slowly opening up to Americans, and the resulting boost in the tourism industry is encouraging travelers...
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published February 9, 2017 · Last modified March 28, 2018
Hanoi, Hue, Hoi An, Saigon… Most travelers to Vietnam know these city’s names well and are sure to include them in their itinerary. But Vietnam is a massive country (far bigger than I imagined!)...
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published January 22, 2017 · Last modified January 18, 2024
I’ve declared it already: 2016 was the best year ever. Since 2011, I’ve summarized my travel-filled years (see my posts from 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015), but no year has ever come close...
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published December 23, 2016 · Last modified March 10, 2022
I’ve seen it all over friend’s Facebook posts, the media, and in conversations with friends: 2016 is the worst. Can it just be over already? Between terrorist attacks, disquieting politics, natural disasters, deaths of...
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published November 3, 2016 · Last modified July 27, 2020
Many visitors to Indonesia’s choose Bali as their destination, and, as I found out this March, it’s a remarkable place, well-deserving of its status as Indonesia’s most popular island. However, Indonesia consists of up...
