Yes, you need an eSIM for Croatia — even though it seems like everywhere has wifi! From cafes in Split to apartments in the hills of Dubrovnik, it seems like the wifi card is just about everywhere. But that only gets you so far.…
There are ways of romanticizing Cairo, but I want to be clear from the get-go: it is, on the whole, a rather dirty and ugly city. The suburbs in particular, which I usually witnessed from a taxi window, are absolutely littered…
Two weeks is the perfect amount of time for first-time visitors to Japan. I love this country, and it has so much to offer its guests. With so many incredible places to check off, however, planning an all-encompassing itinerary…
Are you ready for a BIG monthly recap? Because it doesn’t get any bigger than this. My dear readers, I visited my 100th country. Botswana. I’ve been working toward this travel goal for many years, and I’m so thrilled to have…
Entering the Giza archaeological zone for the first time, I’d been bracing myself for the worst. For years I’d been hearing how the world’s most famous monument is actually far from a revelatory experience — instead described…
I refreshed the page and blinked. “What? Are you…? I don’t…?” I muttered to myself. “Are you kidding me?” Staring back at me from my phone was a message I’d never received before. My jaw dropped. If you can believe it, despite…
Hidden away on the South Sinai coast, Dahab is the kind of place I didn’t know Egypt had. In a land where most tourists will cruise the Nile on a luxury boat (often as part of a package holiday) or stay in a commercial Red Sea…
I’ve lived in Vietnam for over a decade and love my home city of Saigon, but even I admit that Hanoi is the country’s best city for tourists. It’s just so culturally vibrant, walkable, and full of gorgeous natural features like…
Visiting Cairo for Ancient Egypt’s wonders used to mean traveller’s whiplash — wonder one moment, frustration the next. Egypt’s awe-inspiring past would constantly collide with the harsh reality of stuffy, antiquated museums and…
When many people who haven’t yet travelled to Asia think of Vietnam, their minds instantly flash to images of chaos. The Vietnamese eat dogs. It’s a lawless and dangerous country. The traffic is a complete free-for-all and you’ll…
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