Asia

Borobudur is a 9th-century Buddhist monument in Indonesia. It’s actually the largest Buddhist temple in the world! The ancient complex comprises six square plat......

Originally Posted: 1/19/2012 Dear backpackers of Southeast Asia, We need to talk. I love you. Truly, I do. I’ve been a backpacker for a long, long time now. I l......

Last Updated: 07/04/2018 In the crowded streets of Hong Kong, one always finds street vendors serving delicious noodles, roasted ducks hanging in the windows of......

I didn’t know much about Sri Lanka before my visit. Most of what I knew I picked up via the news and a few blog posts written by friends. It was, however, a bla......

This is a guest post by Alexandra Baackes, the legend behind Alex in Wanderland. She’s a PADI divemaster who has lived on Koh Tao, a popular destination for scu......

Originally Posted: 02/01/2012 In my nearly six years of traveling the world, my days on the lake in Phnom Penh in Cambodia, still remain some of my favorite. I......

Originally Posted: 12/10/2011 I’ve become a bit of a lazy traveler. I barely do any planning or research anymore. I hardly ever look into where I’m going until......

Posted: 04/14/2014 It all started with two French girls. It was 2006, and I was five months into my first round-the-world trip. I’d arrived in Thailand two week......

After my visit to Bali, I totally saw why so many expats move there. Bali is a beautiful, cheap, and verdant tropical island worthy of everything that is writte......

Singapore is an expensive place to visit. There’s no way around it. The small city state is priced relative to the United States, which is a lot more expensive......

My friend Wandering Earl is my other half – a hard core budget traveler who loves exploring the world. We’re two peas in a pod. As he gears up for his nineteent......