Posts by Jessie Festa
The No Picture Holiday Experiment
By Sam Lloyd-Bennett Taking pictures is a great way of recording memories, but do we take them too much? During a recent traveling expedition of South America and Canada I took a great deal of photos and stopped at many tourist attractions. Many of the tours were completely based around taking photos, with guides driving between…Read more...
Bus-free Through India: That Time I Was Charged By An Elephant
After cycling 60 miles (97 kilometers), high-altitude camping at 2,200 meters (7,218 feet) and hiking 11 miles (17 kilometer) uphill — including ascending the Western Ghats second-highest peak, Meesapulimala, at 2,640 meters (8,661 feet) — I thought today would be my day off. I thought wrong. Rare Birds On my Kalypso Adventures India travel itinerary,…Read more...
Fascinating Slovenia: 6 Lessons Learned On A Ljubljana Bike Tour
One of my favorite ways to experience a city is through a bike tour, especially when being guided by a local, seeing the destination through their eyes. While on a bus you view the outside world as if it were a caged animal, on a bike you’re one with the place, feeling the beat of…Read more...
Croatia Travel: Exploring Zadar During Off-Season (With Essential Year-Round Advice)
One of my favorite things about traveling Croatia was how easy it was to get around by bus. And not those hellish 20+ hour buses in South America — although they do make for great stories — but clean and comfortable buses, with a worthwhile destination never more than five hours away. My trip began…Read more...
How I Cure Stress On The Road (Aside For Wine)
My regular readers have likely seen my ASMR Travel videos, or at least seen post titles showcasing them. I know many of you may be scratching your heads thinking, “What the heck is ASMR?” For me, it’s not only the cure for years of vivid nightmares, but also how I relax on the road, something…Read more...
Ljubljana Day Trip: Hiking My Way Through Slovenia
One thing I loved about home-basing in Ljubljana is the accessibility to the countryside and nature. As the purpose of my Croatia-Slovenia journey was to be outside clearing my head in a beautiful place as much as possible after a recent breakup, I contacted SloTrips, a Slovenia outdoor resource and tour company, to do a day…Read more...
Global Good: Your Ultimate Guide To Responsible Voluntourism
Dear Potential Volunteers, Do you want a great volunteer travel experience and truly want to help?
But you don’t want to get involved with unethical practices or bad “voluntourism?”
You want to “volunteer abroad” and that’s different, right? Unfortunately, it’s not. If you’re paying for the experience and not getting expenses covered, if you’re spending…Read more...
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