The assholes at Australian immigration (just kidding, please let me in) still haven’t approved my second year working holiday visa, so I’ve been trapped in the US for close to two months. I haven’t been able to make any travel plans yet, since I’m not sure where I’ll be based. So I’m in limbo. I’ve…
New Orleans Food Guide: Beignets, Fried Chicken, and a Whole Lot of Booze
New Orleans is hands down my favorite city in the United States. Aside from its rich cultural heritage, stunning architecture, and delightfully lax liquor laws, it’s the birthplace of Cajun & Creole cuisine and boasts some world-class food. One of my best friends moved there a few years ago, so I’ve had the opportunity to visit…
The Perfect Getaway at Kamandalu Resort Ubud
As a typical shallow millennial, I get a lot of my travel inspiration from stalking people with better lives than me on Instagram. I booked Kamandalu solely because I’d seen a photo of their floating breakfast on some beautiful rich asshole’s Instagram and decided that price tag be damned, I was staying at one of…
Why You Should NEVER Take a Wooden Boat Tour in Komodo
For my second day in Komodo I decided to forgo the comfort of a speedboat and take a traditional wooden fishing boat out to Padar Island and Manta Point, for a ~more authentic experience~. Local boats are the frugal traveler’s ticket to touring Komodo National Park. They are not particularly glamorous – you’ll be sitting…
How to Survive Komodo National Park
For the first stop of my first ever solo trip, I thought it would be a good idea to ship myself to a remote Indonesian island to see some giant, poisonous, prehistoric lizards. Upon descending into Komodo Airport, as my tiny propeller plane wildly shook back and forth from strong gusts of wind amid the…
