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“365 countries, 12 continents, 1 billion cities, 2 planets, and counting!”
…one might read on a douchey traveler’s Instagram bio.
There’s always a heavy debate within the travel community about why you should or shouldn’t count your countries. And even if you secretly did, why that number doesn’t need to be flaunted around like a status symbol.…
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6 months ago, I left my year-long home of Barcelona and packed my life into a small, boxed suitcase, backpack, and purse, and set out on an indefinite journey to pursue my, once hobby of travel blogging, as a full-time career.
Through the laughs, tears, and inevitable stretches of perpetual brokeness, I’ve discovered so much.
It wasn’t always easy, heck to be honest, it was never easy, and it’s not because of the roadblocks, it’s in spite of them, that I can look back and feel a sense of accomplishment about it all.…
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What started out as just another stock photo of a hot, blonde used for click-bait to get people to read senseless articles, soon turned into one of the most viral stories to hit the internet this year.
Her face was plastered all over my news feed, and being the rebel I am, I stayed as far away as possible.…
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In an attempt to bring justice to the beauty that is the Balkan Peninsula, I wanted to give you guys a quick recap of my latest Busabout tour through a region I not only felt comfortable calling home, but would relocate to in a heartbeat if I needed a break from my nomad life.
My tour started in Istanbul, Turkey and ended in Split, Croatia passing through the countries of Greece, Albania, and Montenegro in between.…
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If you’re already reading this with a defensive edge because of the title, understand that this article isn’t only for black people, but rather about black people, so that anyone who reads this can gain perspective as to how more of us traveling abroad could enhance the experience for others in the future.
I’ve said this before and I’ll say it again: There are two completely different experiences you have traveling abroad as an American and traveling abroad as an African-American (or a person of color).…
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If you browse through the Internet’s huge collection of heart-warming stories of babies eating lemons and birds flying into glass windows, you’d think this magical land of unlimited storage and laughs would A) be equipped with a sense of humor and B) at least be able to recognize sarcasm while 90% of the rest of the world can.…
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Whenever someone asks me how I afford to travel, I have to force myself not to respond with “selling Nutella by the spoonful and procrastinating Sallie Mae payments.” It’s just so funny because people think there’s this magic formula out there. This one-size-fits-all encompassing route that gives everyone an equal chance of seeing the world.
But our equal chances don’t mean we have an equal will or stubbornness to pursue traveling further than just a wish.…
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If you’ve never heard of TBEX before, allow me to bring you up to the times. You see, this is the future. We have phones the size of our palms and laptops the size of our phones. While we’re not quite getting around by jetpacks yet, we’re living in a remarkable era where the world is getting smaller by the day through travel.…
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