Packing for a trip to Colombia can be really challenging. After all, Colombia is home to about every diverse landscape you can think of: the tropical Caribbean northern coast; the hot, humid Amazon; Medellin's "eternal spring;" the cool, … [Read more...] about What to Pack for Colombia: The Ultimate Packing Guide
How to Plan a Trip: The Ultimate Practical Travel Planning Guide
Planning a trip can feel like both the most exciting AND the most overwhelming part of travel. Sure, creating a Pinterest board full of gorgeous pictures is fun, but then you start trying to figure out the actual logistics and it hits you ... oh … [Read more...] about How to Plan a Trip: The Ultimate Practical Travel Planning Guide
What to Pack for South America: 32 Backpacking Essentials
Before we left for 5 months of South America backpacking, we spent months researching what to pack for South America (or rather, I did - Jeremy’s less persnickety about these things). Well, after 5 months of backpacking through Colombia, Ecuador, … [Read more...] about What to Pack for South America: 32 Backpacking Essentials
The Ultimate Guide to Makeup & Beauty for Backpacking
I’ve never been what you would call low maintenance. Sure, I tone things down while I travel: I can pack everything I need into a single carry-on, and I even left my electric hair tools at home for our year-long trip (RIP my bangs). But I draw the … [Read more...] about The Ultimate Guide to Makeup & Beauty for Backpacking
What Not to Pack for Long Term Travel: 10 Things We Wish We Did & Didn’t Pack
Packing for long term travel: some people leave it until the last minute, but I - of course, you probably guessed - spent months planning, researching, test-packing, and even in some cases, weighing every item for our trip. You’re probably not … [Read more...] about What Not to Pack for Long Term Travel: 10 Things We Wish We Did & Didn’t Pack
21 Travel Safety Tips: How to Protect Yourself and Prevent Theft while Traveling
As anxious travelers, travel safety was once our biggest concern - especially before we left on our year-long honeymoon. What if we got robbed? What if we got lost? What if we got kidnapped by guerillas in a jungle or something and nobody even … [Read more...] about 21 Travel Safety Tips: How to Protect Yourself and Prevent Theft while Traveling