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jessie festa, solo female travel blogger

Taking youย beyond the guidebook

to inspire you to liveย your best life through travel

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My Travel Tattoos & What They Mean To Me [Mini Photo Essay]

I’ve always thought of my body as a canvas. Piercings, crazy hair colors and styles, statement piece clothing and tattoos have always helped me express my personality and interests in a way that made me feel confident. I consider myself a bit quirky, somewhat alternative and very passionate, and tattoos have helped me show this…Read more...
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How To Have Your Trip Planned For $15

Good morning, my lovely readers. Very often, I get messages from you all asking for help with trip planning. Because I only have limited time in my day between keeping the blog up and running, freelancing, tour guiding, traveling and attempting to not get evicted from my apartment, I’m not always able to be as…Read more...

That Time I Rode The NYC Subway…Without Pants [Photo Essay]

Last Sunday, I did something I can honestly say I’ve never done — and never thought I’d do — before: rode the subway in New York City…pants-less. That’s right. On a crowded subway car heading from Brooklyn to Manhattan, in the dead of winter, I wore a sweater, jacket, hat, gloves, scarf and underwear, sans…Read more...

Why Everyone Should Backpack With Their Significant Other

โ€œI thought you said weโ€™d be able to find a hostel,โ€ Chris said, a hint of anger in his voice. We were currently in Guatemala, in Lake Atitlanโ€™s famous San Pedro to be more exact, baking in the sun as we wandered the narrow streets for over an hour trying to find accommodation. Iโ€™d promised…Read more...
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