Start here if you are planning your travels:
Your first step: my 10,000 word World Travel Resources page, divided into sections on packing, budgets from different countries around the world, advice for those who love to eat, technology, and so much more.
For more detailed posts with travel tips and advice:
Here are additional posts on Legal Nomads to help you plan your travels or answer those questions you’ve been asking as you are on the road.
Expert travel tips and help to make your travel planning easier.
Jet lag, overcoming obstacles, and attitudes about travel. These posts have it all.
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Travel Resources:
How to Plan, Budget, Eat Safely, & Pack for World Travel
Detailed budgets for short and long-term travel, solo female travel tips, safe eating abroad, male and female packing lists, and much more. Everything you need to plan for travel around the world.
What is Jet Lag, and 5 Tips to Beat It and Recover Quickly
Sourced from experts and doctors, get over jet lag with these tips. Learn how long it lasts, and if using melatonin will help your recovery time.
Resources for Digital Nomads and Freelance Writers
Resources page for those seeking to work and travel as digital nomads or entrepreneurs. Includes section on productivity, and tech tools from the road.
How to Eat Street Food Without Getting Sick
Tips for eating street food without getting sick, offered up from my 9+ years of traveling around the world and eating a lot of it!
Solo female travel tips.
I receive a lot of questions about solo female travel, so I am dedicating a category to these posts, too. I don’t label myself “as” a solo female traveler, but I am a woman and I do often travel alone, so I wanted to answer the queries I receive in what is hopefully a helpful series of posts.
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FAQs after 6 years of travel
You asked, I answered.
Revisiting The Solo Female Travel Experience
Thoughts on solo female travel in light of recent news about a US woman murdered in Turkey, and media reactions that followed.
Solo Female Travel, Trust and the Art of Fitting In
On the art of fitting in and round-the-world travel as a woman alone.
The Hater’s Guide to the Eat, Pray, Love Movie
My first article for CNNgo is a review of the movie Eat, Pray, Love. Spoiler alert: I’m not a fan.
Sickness and travel: not so great a combo.
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How to Eat Street Food Without Getting Sick
Tips for eating street food without getting sick, offered up from my 9+ years of traveling around the world and eating a lot of it!
A Lesson in Staying Still
On rumination, fear, and accepting help when you need it.
A Traveler’s Nightmare:
Getting Dengue Fever
I got dengue fever on my travels. This post summarizes what I learned from scientists & experts, including dengue types, symptoms, and how to treat dengue.
Getting Sick in Far Away Places
All of the ridiculous injuries, mishaps, bronchitis and motorcycle accidents that I’ve sustained during my 3+ years of round-the-world adventures.
For all of my travel sickness pieces, see here.
The overwhelming task of packing and planning for travel,
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FAQs after 6 years of travel
You asked, I answered.
Practical Tips from Years of Traveling The World
Lessons and tips from years of world travel, all on one page.
My Safety Whistle:
Worth its Weight in Gold
Why a tiny safety whistle proved invaluable on my round-the-world travels.
Gear Update:
18 Months of Travel Later
I started my trip trekking in South America, but after moving on to Asia and spending over a year here thus far, I’ve significantly changed the way that I pack and wanted to update everyone on what works for me and what does not.
For all of my packing and planning posts, see here.