Cuba is a time capsule filled with carefully preserved vintage cars zooming down paved streets and beautiful people. Fortunately, I was able to experience the country and bring in the New Year with my two best girlfriends. Here are essential tips for Cuba Travel.
As I unloaded my bags from my weeklong England & Iceland excursion, I chuckled at the mail that had arrived for me in my absence. On my pillow laid Essence Magazine’s June 2016 travel edition. It was this time last year that I was reading an Essence article that encouraged women to step out of their comfort zone and see the world, even if it meant doing so, solo! After reading that article, I was determined not to let another year pass before I did just that.
In 2010, I embarked on my first international trip. It was the second flight I’d ever taken and it happened to be a 15-hour direct flight from NYC to Johannesburg, South Africa, where I would spend the semester studying community health and social policy in Durban.
Our route ended up being based two things: a plan to hike Machu Picchu for four days in November, and the cheap flights we found around the continent. We would spend a month in Brazil, fly to Peru, take buses south to Cusco, hike Machu Picchu, take more buses south to Bolivia, fly to Chile, and take buses across the continent to Buenos Aires, where our return flight headed back to DC.
Here are six tips my friends and I used to travel to Valencia, Milan, Lugano, & Amsterdam for under $2000 for 12 days in the summer.
During the summer of 2014, I met Silas through a coworker when I went to a party. Since leaving South Africa, Silas and I have kept in touch over the years. He is a free-spirited creative whose photography captures the true essence of South Africa and he knows Cape Town and its surrounding areas well. I’m excited to have Silas share his invaluable insight with the travelJewels community because locals always know best!Here is a variety of non-traditional South Africa itinerary ideas from a local!
Rey is deeply immersed into the social scene of Bangkok, and I’m so pumped to have her share her Bangkok itinerary ideas with the travelJewels community!