Author: strangersabroad
5 Reasons to Try Solo Travel Around the World
I’m so honored to have been featured in the wonderful travel blog Balkan Digital Nomads! “Ian and Antonio, travel buddies who started with digital nomad lifestyle. We originally come from Croatia and didn’t want to accept regular nine-five as there are so many things to see in the world and many adventures to take part in. “…
Travel Bloggers and the #Metoo Movement
metoo “ I mean, all men love it when their elbow accidentally touches a woman’s boob,” he starts, with little prompt. My eyes squinted and mouth curled, “ Well, wouldn’t it be weird if it was intentional?” I replied. Not getting the encouraging response he wanted, he goes on. “ Well, we don’t say…
Bus Ride from Hell
Another guest post! Here is a short piece I was asked to write on the theme of “travel horror stories” for the wonderful blog ChasaTravels. The post is a collection of stories when your travels don’t exactly go to plan and I’m honored to be a part of the series with some other fantastic storytellers.…
What It Is Like to Be A Solo-Female Traveler
I had the great honor of writing for a great travel blog Travel Lexx about what it feels like to be a solo-female traveler. I had so many feelings when I was writing this because at points I feel like it doesn’t matter, then other times I’m rudely reminded of my gender and the limitations…
The Unsettled Stomach of Anthony Bourdain
I was always envious of Anthony Bourdain. It wasn’t only his endless international adventures, his skills around the kitchen, or his connections to the best food in the world, but the honesty with which he wrote. His first piece in The New Yorker, a modern, sharp-toothed version of The Jungle, left me with a…
The New York Times Supports #NoMoreTaboos
I woke up the other morning to find my face on the featured image of a New York Times article. It was because I talked about my period. I was recently asked to participate in a storytelling show about menstruation in honor of National Women’s Hygiene day at the New Women’s Space in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.…
A Life Worth Living in Arequipa
Back to back! I have another guest post from the incredible travel blog A World to Travel. This time we take you below the equator to a hidden gem of a city at the tip of Peru on the border of Bolivia and Chile: Arequipa. I awoke in the desert around Arequipa after being in…
Best Beer Gardens in Prague
Hey strangers! I just had my first feature guest post on the wonderful and wanderlusty travel blog Getting Stamped. I wrote about my first love: Prague. Prague planted the seed of travel for me. I had always wanted to travel but didn’t want to go somewhere that all other young college students were going. I…
Be a Cow
This week I have officially started recording and interviewing people for the second season of my podcast! I’m elated but overwhelmed. I feel like there is always too much to do and that I don’t have enough hands or hours to accomplish everything I want to get done. I feel like I’m shoveling a super…
Storytelling Can Save Lives
The world came together yesterday in solidarity with the American protests against gun violence. There were over 800 marches worldwide with the vast majority of the United States, but protests were pinned on most global metropolitan cities spanning from London to Sydney, Berlin to Sao Paulo. I was fortunate to walk along the edge of Central…