Travel Reflections

Read what I have been up to in the past month, what went well and what went wrong, and where I am off to next!

It’s official! We GlobetrotterGirls have been on the road for exactly one year today! Read on to find out how many borders we’ve crossed, buses, taxis and tuk tuks we’ve taken, our top 5 places we visited this past year, and just how much did we spend?

When this journey began on April 30, 2010, there was no set finish date, but we never imagined that we would have been able to travel for 1095 days now – in a row!

If you are subscribed to our monthly newsletter then you already know this, but…we are on our way to New York City! Oops, we did it again! Instead of staying …

We used to look back at our travels and reflect on them every one hundred days, but I haven’t done that in a while. I decided to revive these reflections …

Since we began travelling in April 2010, every single day has meant trying something for the first time or meeting someone new. We have had so many new experiences; it has been easy to overlook any cravings for things from ‘home’.

We were conflicted about a popular tourist attraction in Battambang, Cambodia. What do you think about the experience?

This week I wonder about bargaining while abroad. What makes certain travelers so uncomfortable with it, while others understand it for the art form that it is?

We are not ready to trade in this mindset-altering, life-affirming freedom that becoming nomads has given us…but we are increasingly shocked at just how forgettable this seems to have made us….

For the past few years, I’ve shared my favorite travel moments of each year. This year, I want to share a little bit more than just my travel highlights with you. Read on to find out what 2017 has been like for me, how I’ve been feeling about moving to New York ever since I won the Greencard, and what’s coming up in 2018…