Travel blogger. Budget backpacker. Digital nomad. Serial expat.
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 17, 2017 · Last modified March 28, 2018
If you could travel anywhere in the world right now, where would you go? Whether you’re dying to escape winter, tired of politics at home, or just have the travel bug, I’ve got a...
Auxiliares de Conversación / Madrid / Travel Talk
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published February 12, 2017 · Last modified January 18, 2024
I’m back with a new installment in my Travel Talk interview series! This time, I spoke to Hilary Leslie of Oregonian Overseas, who is currently in her second year of teaching English in Madrid,...
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...
It’s been quiet on the Venga, Vale, Vamos front, and I’m sure that most of you have been on the edge of your seats just dying to know where your favorite travel blogger (that’s me,...
