Whether your visiting for a weekend or you live there and you’re looking to escape the relentless Texas heat, Austin and its surrounding areas offer some fantastic swimming holes that provide the perfect cool-down. I had the chance to explore a few of these gems, and they are truly worth the visit. Here are my…
Summer got off to an exhilarating start as I ventured to Patagonia while visiting family and friends in Buenos Aires with Ary and Diego! Reminiscent of Eastern Sierras and the rivers of Humboldt/Siskiyou County, Patagonia’s diverse landscapes offered a captivating journey. Unlike my previous slow-travel experience to El Calafate, this trip was shorter yet brimming…
Planning a trip to Sydney, Australia but want to experience something more off-the-beaten-path? It’s all too easy to get caught up in the hustle and bustle of city life especially when traveling. Here six easy weekend getaways around Sydney’s area from guest writer, Alex of Inspire A Better Life, to give you a break from city life and…
Northern California is majorly underrated by my fellow Southern Californian’s, which is really unfortunate so I am trying to change that up so they too can admire and physically enjoy the beauty it has to offer, but also once you realize how beautiful your home is you might respect it more. For a while I…
Goodbye 2015, and hello to a new year! I have to say that this last year has been a roller coaster ride in pretty much all aspects of my life. I rang in 2015 on the beaches of Rio De Janeiro and it was incredible, I don’t think I have ever experienced a fireworks show quite like…
The Balkans are probably the most underrated and off-the-beaten-path regions in the world, but that also makes it tough to plan out a trip accordingly. Last year I spent one month exploring Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, and Montenegro and that 21 days could have easily been extended into a three or four-month trip, at least.…
Fly to Humboldt: Cheap flights to Humboldt County from Los Angeles with Avelo Airlines This week has been excruciatingly hot in Los Angeles as summer literally just snuck up on us out of nowhere, or rather, we were just hoping that winter would finally swing by. Well it hasn’t yet and the temperature here has…
Last week I took a road trip up to Oregon with my sister along the Redwood Highway. I haven’t made that drive up the coast in 2 years so I was feeling really giddy about driving through the coastal giants and being able to spend a day in my college town of Arcata in Humboldt…
Let’s face it, it rains a lot in Oregon. Even if it’s not raining during the winter months, it looks like it’s going to and that is just how it is in Oregon, but that doesn’t stop me from enjoying the Beaver State one bit. Last week, I was in Eugene, Oregon and on my…
Cheap, long term travel is usually associated with Central America or South East Asia…Europe, not so much. While those regions are affordable on a backpacker’s budget, the Balkans are a highly underrated region in Europe that is as affordable on a backpackers budget, safe, convenient and is still considered to be off the beaten path…