Central Park – April 2010
Ten years ago in April 2010, I hopped on a Metro North train and rode into New York City to enjoy the gorgeous day in Central Park. Crabapple and Kwanzan cherry trees lined grassy paths winding around ponds filled…
Salalah, Oman Tour During Khareef Season
In Salalah, Oman the annual khareef season turns the sandy, mountainous landscape of this enchanting Middle Eastern city to a deeply beautiful lush green. This khareef, or monsoon, season is probably the best time to travel to Salalah, Oman. Salalah,…
Meet Melaka, Malaysia
I like traveling to places that not everyone else visits. When I decided to spend some time exploring Southeast Asia while I was working and traveling, I thought Malaysia might be a nice place to start. The little city of…
Tiwi Islands Tour into Aboriginal Culture
“I’m definitely going to have to take a Tiwi Islands tour while I’m in the Northern Territory,” I decided. I was spending several days in Darwin while working and traveling through Australia, and I love learning about remote, indigenous cultures.…
6 Tips for the Pyramids of Egypt at Giza
The Egypt pyramids of Giza are one of the most awe-inspiring sights in the world so I, like most everyone else in the world, always dreamed of visiting them. My dream came true in 2009 when I went as a…
10 Tips for Shopping in a Souq
A souq, or outdoor Middle East marketplace, is frequently a labyrinth of crowded, busy and loud streets with masses of aggressive shopkeepers calling out at you to buy their goods. Other times, such as in the Gulf countries, souqs are…
7 Ways to Lose Weight While Traveling
It is so easy to get caught up in the excitement of traveling to new places that you don’t really care that you might eat, drink and relax so much that your clothes won’t fit afterwards. But then afterwards comes…
Frankincense – the Signature Scent of Salalah, Oman
Salalah, Oman is well known as paradise to the people of the Persian Gulf, yet most of the world has never heard of this charming town of 180,000 lying quietly on the Arabian Sea. Tourists by the thousands flock to…
Working and Traveling – Advice for Women
If you're a woman who travels, you probably have already heard that making money while traveling is a thing. But there is a lot more to know than that. Any woman traveler can earn money working and traveling. Whether you…
Squeaking Sand in New South Wales, Australia
A few days after I arrived in Australia when I was working and traveling through the country, I walked through the neighborhood in Forresters Beach where I was house sitting, to the beach. I started jogging along this glorious large…