Do you freelance online? If so, now that the world is reopening, you might want to consider working and traveling. There are lots of traveling freelancers in the world who work on their laptops, earning money for their travels while…
When you work and travel, you usually spend a lot of time in countries other than your own, so you sometimes get to see how the local people celebrate their holidays. One holiday I’ve been able to experience in the…
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…
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,…
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…
“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.…
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…
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…
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. And when you're working…
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…