Vu and her best friend, Bo, invited me to trek through down to their village after making me pinky promise I would the moment I arrived in Sapa. I was more than thrilled to hike through the luscious rolling hills of rice fields down to her home. Sapa is absolutely a stunner. Hiking down to Vu’s village was…
5 Hotel Booking Apps You Need for Your Next Trip
We all have our favorite hotel booking sites, and what makes for an even better hotel booking site is one that you can access from your phone. Most booking sites have caught on to the trend and have created phone apps, but not all are created the same. What I look for in a hotel…
Planning a Three Month Itinerary for Argentina
I’m in day 21 of my trip in Argentina! Can you believe it? I know I can’t because I’ve been planning to come to Argentina for so many years, but it was never really the appropriate time for me. Now that I am here, I’m effortlessly enjoying every bit of it. The last two weeks…
How to Get Out of Credit Card Debt and Improve your Credit Score
Being able to say that your debt free could be one of the best feelings of relief. Owing money to various institutions or people is such an oppressive feeling, especially if you are working hard to earn a living so that you could enjoy yourself and do things like take a week off from work,…
8 Things to Know Before Visiting Tokyo
For a popular metropolis like Tokyo, Japan you would think that after traveling in countries in Southeast Asia and throughout Europe, that you have all the rules of etiquette down and can get around with no problem. It actually is easy to get around in Tokyo, as in literally to get from one place to…
How to Book Free Hotel Stays While Traveling
While traveling in Southeast Asia, one of the biggest money savers has been staying in hotel for free–for weeks at a time. The free hotel stays were booked using different methods: hotel points earned through credit card sign up bonuses, free credits earned from hotel booking apps and Best Rate Guarantees. In total, we booked 28…
How to Travel to Siem Reap from Bangkok
To travel from Bangkok to Cambodia, you have a few different options which depend on your budget, time and patience. You can take the train, a bus, or a cheap flight to get to Cambodia. Like for most people visiting Cambodia for the first time, my main motivation for traveling there was to experience Angkor…
Top 5 Travel Credit Card Sign-up Bonus Offers for July 2014
Signing-up for credit card offers that award you free airline miles or hotel points is one of the easiest ways to travel for pennies on the dollar. I know there is no way that I would be on a three-month trip through Southeast Asia if I wasn’t able to book flights and hotel with the…
The Hippest and Tastiest Cafes in Siem Reap, Cambodia
If someone were to ask me, what city I thought is the most hip of them all in Southeast Asia, I’d easily say the dusty city of Siem Reap, Cambodia. While it does have a pub street, you will not find much of a party scene in Siem Reap like you would in Bangkok or…
Visiting the Floating Markets of Thailand
Before arriving to Thailand, I promised myself: no tourist traps. By the second day of gracing my presence in Southeast Asia, I already broke my promise and quite frankly, it’s quite hard to avoid. No matter how much research you put into places “off the beaten path” you’re eventually going to end up at one…