Before traveling to another country, I always make it a point to learn some of the basic words and phrases in the native language there. Not only does that help me out as a traveler, but it shows respect to the locals, which can help you out immensely as well! During a recent trip and project I was doing though, I wanted to learn more than just basic phrases. The...
I’ve traveled to 83 countries across all 7 continents, and in each place I try to highlight the local people in an effort to show others (especially in the U.S.) that despite stereotypes and what we hear, the World, and it’s people are not as dangerous and different as we think. I’ve gone to Jordan, Egypt, and Morocco by myself to visually show that it’s Ok for a...
We've all noticed that some countries were more Instagramable than others in 2016, so I asked my favorite 'grammers what they thought those were!
One thing I’ve learned from traveling is that you can research the shit out of a place for days, but there’s a good chance you’ll only find the typical, “tourist things to do” in the most popular places. Well, I don’t really like ” typical tourist things to do”, and I don’t think you do either. So that’s why...
Have you ever traveled to certain countries that you just couldn’t help but notice how attractive the people were? Or do you have an attraction for certain features that are relative to certain countries? I mean, you have to notice that some countries are pretty much stereotyped for having hot people, right? Otherwise people wouldn’t have a...
by Alyssa Ramos Traveling really isn’t as ridiculously expensive as you think, in fact there are plenty of affordable international trips you can and SHOULD take in 2015. Let’s get one thing clear first – if you suck at planning and that’s why you end up paying a shit ton of money when you travel, than that’s your fault. There IS a...