Between Worlds: Searching for Home While Growing Up in Puerto Rico & the Continental U.S. The air smells different on the island, the way I imagine the word “green” must smell: humid and vibrant. We’re in the car, windows down, the balmy breeze whipping my curls into a wispy cloud. My face is...
My Solo, South American Adventure Taught Me I Hate Being Rootless…Here’s How I Saved It It has taken all of my concentration not to cry for the past hour so I immediately break down when a well-meaning Australian woman, who is on my full-day tour of Cusco’s Sacred Valley, asks where I’m from...
Malala Inspired, Girl Power Approved. 9 Incredible Volunteer Abroad Programs “One child, one teacher, one book and one pen can change the world.”- Malala Yousafzai Image via Flickr CC- Global Panorama 20 years ago today, in Swat Valley, Pakistan, a local school...
Back to Africa: Still on the Hunt for Our Home After leaving Ghana in search of their permanent home on the African continent, Myra Parks (from The Repat Diaries) and her family visit 3 more countries, carefully weighing the pros and cons of each nation...
Hidden Gems: The History, Entertainment, and Natural Beauty of My Las Vegas As a child, Las Vegas was the city I claimed would be my home one day. The bright lights going down the strip, the endless buffets, and all the knick-knacks on offer made it seem like the kind of place I could...
Why This Couple Isn’t Looking to Romanticize Travel Susan and James, the married couple behind the travel blog The Savvy Backpacker, have been traveling around Europe together for six years. Both from the state of Missouri, the two packed their bags when Susan...
Meet the Blogger Who “Travels While Crip” She’s ziplined in Panama, spent a night in a New York City bus station, Couchsurfed across the world, and has been traveling for ten years now. Oh, and she has polio. “Being a disabled black woman with...
Back to Africa: Why Ghana Can’t Be Our Home Back in February, we read the amazing story of Myra Parks, her husband and young son, who made a bold move by transplanting their lives from the US to Ghana. We followed up with Myra to see how things are...
Meet Your New Travel BFFs: Damon and Jo At first, Damon Dominique and Jo Franco seem like typical Millennials: they’re bubbly, goofy, obsessed with travel, and love a good Azealia Banks song. But once you start learning more about them, you’ll...
Why These Two Dads Didn’t Stop Traveling When They Had Kids Rob and Chris Taylor travel for a very important reason: to learn, yes, but also to teach. The couple, who are the bloggers behind parenting site 2 Travel Dads, have two young sons who get to join their dads...
How “Jones Around the World” Earned a Master’s Degree While Backpacking Through Asia If you’ve ever been stuck in a boring academic lecture, then you’ve probably felt it. An emotional pull -- likely fueled by all the scrolling through an Instagram feed populated by pictures of exotic...
Oneika Raymond’s Journey from Teacher to Travel Influencer When asked to list her occupation, Oneika Raymond puts down “Travel Influencer.” “In my case,” she explains to CheapOair, “that means that while I chronicle my travel experiences for pleasure and...
The 25 Different People You’ll Meet While Studying Abroad Studying abroad is an amazing experience -- or, at least, that's what you're thinking while Facebook stalking your best friends stuffing their faces with authentic Italian food, falling in love with...
Poverty, Privilege, and Positivity: The 3 Things My Travels Have Taught Me We're pleased to have travel blogger and photographer Erick Prince from minoritynomad.com join us once again this Black History Month to share his views as an African-American traveler. I grew up during the...
