Lebanon was a country that lived at the top of my bucket list for nearly a decade. I had plans to visit in 2019, but a cancelled connecting flight to Oman led me to reroute my Middle Eastern jaunt and save it for another day. Fast forward to 2026 when I found myself road-tripping Cyprus,…
"I'm from Georgia," my coworker said to me when I was a bartender back in 2016. And no, not the peachy Georgia, the country Georgia.
Georgia stayed on my mind since that conversation, and it would come to the forefront when I started writing about restaurants in New York City and reviewed Ubani Cafe, a…
Everyone has a different grasp on what constitutes as having really "seen" or "been to" a place. While I never had stringent rules, I always said as long as you buy something, eat something, converse with someone, and leave the area of transport (i.e. a train or bus station, or an airport), then who's to…
When planning a trip to Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile, I knew I wanted to take advantage of a long layover somewhere in Central America on my way down. Copa Airlines offers an extended layover program in Panama City, and since they had the best flight options, that's the route I decided to take. I…
Cancun, Playa del Carmen, and Tulum remain some of the most popular tourist destinations for not only Americans, but for people from all around the world looking for a tropical slice of paradise. While staying at an all-inclusive resort is what most folks opt for, Quintana Roo (the respective state where Cancun, Playa del Carmen,…
Recently, I was flying home from Naples, Italy, and found a flight through AerLingus with a long layover in Dublin. Twist my arm, I said as I essentially threw my money at the screen. I had never been to Ireland, nor did I really have the strongest desire to go, so a long layover was…
One of my greatest pleasures is traveling to typical honeymoon destinations as solo traveler. I've had the honor of traveling to Hawaii, French Polynesia, Dominican Republic, and even luxurious Florida. So, when I was invited to Saint Lucia for a three-day trip, I was ready to take on the challenge to represent one of the…
One of the most frequently asked questions I get is: "I want to solo travel. Where should I go?" While I'm a firm believer that anywhere can be done as a solo female traveler, some places are simply better than others, whether it's that they are used to seeing women alone (big cities), have really…
I had once heard that you can take a ferry to visit Uruguay from Argentina. This sounded like a bit of an intense experience, but I'm always down for adventures and ticking off new destinations in radical ways, like when I walked to Paraguay from Brazil. I thought the best day trip would be to…
During the early days of the Covid-19 pandemic, I, like the rest of the world, was bored at home, googling what I could be doing other than sitting in isolation. I started to plan a trip to South America, in my head, of course, since travel was not quite possible at that time. I wanted…
