Twenty-Something Travel

Friday Postcard: Kathmandu

Posted on 20. Apr, 2012 by Steph.

I LOVE this! For my Friday Postcard series I get tons of landscape shots but very few portraits, which is a shame because as you can see they can be insanely beautiful. Anyways, this gorgeous shot was submitted by Brenna of This Battered Suitcase: I took this picture at Swayambhunath Temple in Kathmandu, Nepal. What [...]

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5 Of the Most Amazing Beaches Anywhere Ever

Posted on 19. Apr, 2012 by Guest Poster.

I don’t understand people who don’t love beaches. How can you not love the sun shining, the waves crashing and an afternoon stretching out in front of you with nothing to do but read, nap, listen to music, walk with your toes in the water and maybe toss a football around? Beaches are the ultimate [...]

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How Travel Makes Your Relationship Stronger (If You Survive)

Posted on 17. Apr, 2012 by Steph.

Travel: whether is be a week long vacation or a year long trip is a major test of any kind of relationship: romantic, familial, friendly. There is nothing quite like spending 24 hours a day with another person while you battle hardships, unexpected curveballs, weird bugs and well, each other, day after day. This is [...]

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Buenos Aires like a Local

Posted on 15. Apr, 2012 by Steph.

When I first announced I was moving to Buenos Aires, people got so excited! General consensus seemed to be that it’s a beautiful, awesome city, and that many people would love to live there. “It’s one of the few international cities I could see myself living in,” one travel writing friend told me. It IS [...]

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Friday Postcard: Lawrence of Arabia

Posted on 13. Apr, 2012 by Steph.

Today’s pretty pictures come from Stephen Bugno of GoMad Nomad: One of my most memorable experiences from my trip through the Middle East was camping out in the desert of Wadi Rum with the Bedouins. This is the landscape that was made famous with the filming of Lawrence of Arabia. It is some incredible terrain, [...]

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Mapstravaganza!! 9 Things to Do with Your Old Maps

Posted on 11. Apr, 2012 by Steph.

Maps are so awesome. They have a certain romance to them; when you unfold them there is so much potential and possibility. You can pore over them, planning out potential roots and connecting the dots between places. Plus, they are just really pretty. I don’t have a house, but I often like to dream about [...]

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Who Are You Waiting For? One Very Good Reason to Travel Solo

Posted on 09. Apr, 2012 by Steph.

If you know me at all you probably know which way I’m going to lean on this debate. I’ve traveled alone through several countries and continents, and while I mostly wander around with a boy by my side these days, I’m still a huge proponent of solo galavanting. Today I don’t want to talk about [...]

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Friday Postcard: St. Anne’s

Posted on 06. Apr, 2012 by Steph.

Dramatic! Mike reconfigured my blog so that I can use larger pictures and it really makes all the difference doesn’t it? Today’s postcard comes from Tom who writes about life in Korea at Waegook Tom. This picture was snapped in Vilnius, Lithuania and is of St. Anne’s church. (Do you have a photo you’d [...]