2016: The Travel Year in Review
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...
Travel blogger. Budget backpacker. Digital nomad. Serial expat.
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...
Collaborations / Hotel Reviews / Other
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published September 22, 2016 · Last modified March 28, 2018
Traveling through Asia, when it came to accommodations, I was no stranger to variety. One night, I’d be in a bustling backpacker hostel, the next a $3 per night shack with no electricity, and...
Collaborations / Hotel Reviews / Other
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published August 28, 2016 · Last modified May 9, 2019
My time in Taipei was all too short, with only four full days to explore Taiwan’s capital. But I made the most of my limited time there, seeing the city’s famed monuments, escaping Taipei...
Collaborations / Hotel Reviews / Other
by Kirstie Jeffries · Published June 22, 2016 · Last modified March 28, 2018
Having just opened in October 2015, the five-star Taipei Marriott is a new star on Taipei’s hotel scene. I had the chance to call it home for two nights during my visit to Taiwan...
Eighty days and eight countries later, my Southeast Asia trip has come to an end. I fly to Japan tomorrow and then onward to Paris, with a day in Abu Dhabi in between. For...