How to Save Money When Traveling: What Actually Works
I have traveled a lot of different ways, vacation mode, backpacker mode, long-term slow travel mode, and everything in between. […]
Off-Season & Travel
What to Book Before You Go to Peru
A note on links: some of the booking links in this article are affiliate links. Everything I’m recommending here is
What I Actually Pack for Long-Term Travel
A note on links: some products below have affiliate links. Everything listed is something I personally use or have used
What a Month of Slow Travel Actually Costs: Mexico and Ecuador, Real Numbers
Everyone talks about slow travel like it’s either free or impossibly expensive. The truth is somewhere specific and I can
Things to Do in Sayulita: A Local’s Honest Guide After 5 Years
By someone who came on vacation, fell in love, and kept coming back for four more winters. There are a
How to Travel Solo as a Woman Without It Being Lonely
Solo travel has a reputation problem. People hear it and picture sitting alone at a restaurant table for one, wandering
How to Get from Puerto Vallarta Airport to Sayulita (And Get Around Once You’re There)
I have flown in and out of Puerto Vallarta at least a dozen times since 2020. I have taken the
The Best Surf Towns for Solo Female Travelers (From Someone Who’s Done All Three)
Sayulita, Mexico. Olon, Ecuador. Playa Gigante, Nicaragua. Three very different experiences — all worth it. I want to be upfront
South America
Arequipa, Peru: The Decompression Stop You Actually Need
After Machu Picchu and four days in the Amazon, we needed to stop moving. Arequipa gave us that. It is
Buenos Aires, Argentina: A City That Surprised Me
I arrived in Buenos Aires in mid-October having done almost no research. My boyfriend at the time had been there
What Three Months in Mexico Actually Looks Like (Year Four)
Let me get something out of the way first. There are approximately one million blog articles about Sayulita, Mexico. Best
Lima, Peru: A City Worth A Bit More of Your Time
Lima is the first or last stop of most Peru trips and often treated as a logistical necessity — fly
The Amazon, Peru: Four Days at Lago Soledad
I spent weeks researching Amazon lodges before this trip and went down every rabbit hole trying to find the right
Machu Picchu: What the Two-Day Tour Actually Looks Like
You can’t go to Cusco and skip Machu Picchu. I know it’s touristy. I know it’s expensive. I knew both
Cusco, Peru: Altitude, Alpacas, and Eating Our Way Through Everything
Peru had been sitting in the back of my mind for a few years. When I was traveling Argentina and
Borneo and Singapore: The End of the Road, Two Very Different Ways
After the Philippines we were looking for surf and found an article or two online about a wave at the
The Philippines: Waves, Wrong Turns, and Ending Up Exactly Where You Should Be
The Philippines was always part of the plan, and I had researched surfing in the Philippines. The original idea was
Olon, Ecuador: A Month of Surf, Spanish, and Figuring Out Solo Travel
Olon had been on my radar for two or three years before I actually went. I found Outdoor Ecuador —
Sri Lanka: Buses, Breaks, and Arriving Somewhere Completely New
I flew into Sri Lanka in February after three months in Mexico. The routing was absurd — Mexico to Canada,
Surf, Spanish, and Figuring It Out: A Month in Playa Gigante, Nicaragua
It was 2023, I landed in Managua with a roller bag, a backpack, a boyfriend I hadn’t seen in months,
