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Solo Travel, Local Culture And Going Beyond The Guidebook In Vietnam

By Jessie Festa | | Updated on March 16, 2026

Looking to travel to Vietnam? Vietnam expert and travel blogger of Discount Travel Blogger, Lyndsay Cabildo, shares her knowledge of the country, based on an 18-month backpacking trip through Southeast Asia in 2008 that led to her falling in love with Vietnam — especially how affordable it was — and living there for nine months.…Read more...

Discovering The Meaning Of Buddhism In Thailand

By Jessie Festa | | Updated on September 4, 2020

Sweat trickles down my neck and runs down the small of my back as I desperately try to shake my loose t-shirt and create a breeze. It doesn’t help that it’s unacceptable in Thailand – especially in a temple – to show your shoulders or knees. I groan as yet another person steps on my…Read more...

My Favorite Destinations for Getting Away From Tourists

By Jessie Festa | | Updated on December 21, 2023

Yes, I know I am technically a tourist when traveling, as much as I hate that word and being called one. However, sometimes when traveling I like to get away from the tourists and crowds and just relax. Here have been some of my favorite destinations thus far in my travels to do this: Gimmelwald,…Read more...