Practical booking info for the Maldives

So when you follow my travels, you know I tend to vacation quite the opposite of most travelers. For me flying overseas (9000+ miles) to stay in one location? Well, that can be awesome but it can also annoy me to travel so far and only be able to scratch the surface of a particular…

The Maldives have long been know as a honeymoon destination. This trip to the Maldives describes my visit as a solo female traveler.

For some reason I have never visited the island of Kauai. This August I needed to be in Mexico City and was finding myself low on my year end qualifying air miles with American Airlines, so I decided to do a brief mileage run from Mexico to Hawaii. I had orginally planned to only go…

Nowadays, it's somewhat of a rarity to see artisanal quality products being sold on any beach worldwide. From sellers of colorful sarongs in Brazil, friendship bracelets in Nicaragua and fedoras in Colombia, most products are mass produced, most often produced far from the local country and geared to a quick sale. [caption id="attachment_862" align="alignnone" width="1836"]…

What beats finding a floating bar in the sea!

Looking for a day trip, the resort advised my friend and I to visit the natural pools in Garapua, Cairu. Always up for adventure, hey, why not? We traveled by four wheel drive from the resort through bumpy sandy roads and after almost getting stuck, we came to the remote village of Garapua. [caption…