5 Tips to Plunge into Festival Season
Are you ready for this festival season? Here are some tips to help you fully prepare! Festival season is ripe and in full swing. You’ve got your tickets purchased. You’ve bought a million glow sticks for night time. And you’ve loaded up the car with your tent, sleeping bag and food for the weekend. Now [...]
You Snooze, You Lose: 5 Tips to Conquer the Infamous Jet Lag
I’m a big believer in the power of the mind. It’s amazing what we can make ourselves believe if we put our minds to it, both what we are capable of and what we can talk ourselves out of. That isn’t to say that the mind alone can necessarily ‘cure’ us of our fears, phobias, [...]
Top 5 In-Flight Frustrations
We can’t all have perfect flights. This photo from http://conversation.which.co.uk. Go Girls love to travel and explore. We know how to pack light and adjust to the ups and downs of the travel process, but that doesn’t mean we appreciate each of the “downs” equally. Even within one mode of transport–in this case, airplane travel–there [...]
Prohibition Excursion
With the release of The Great Gatsby movie, era-inspired clothes have popped up in retail stores, themed soirees are being held (check out Governor’s Island), and the original book sales have soared. Given the recent, dramatic spike in the interest of the 1920’s, visiting a New York speakeasy seemed timely. Despite the drop of the [...]
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Take a Hike! Tips for Surviving the Inca Trail
Spectacular views, rich regional history, the lingering mystery around the “lost” city of the Incas*, who could resist a visit to Machu Picchu? But planning such a trip? Almost as daunting as carving a city out of the top of a mountain in the middle of the Andes, right? — Step 1: To hike or [...]
What is the Capital of Brazil?
While traveling abroad, people usually make mistakes about the real capital of Brazil. They say a whole range of names (including Buenos Aires, which is the capital of Argentina…) but never say Brasília. Well, as a Brazilian, it is a must for me to write about my country’s capital, which I have already been to [...]
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Firsts: Art Gallery Hopping in Chelsea
Even if you feel you aren’t able to converse eloquently about a piece of art, jumping from art gallery to art gallery in New York is a worthwhile experience — and it doesn’t require creative speech. I wasn’t really sure what to expect when I did it for the first time. Art is open for [...]
Do airline websites always offer the best price for long haul flights?
While recently trying to book flights to Australia via an airline’s official website (thinking, as most people probably do, that this would be the most efficient and cost-effective means of doing it), I encountered a problem at the final stages of the payment process and was forced to ring their call centre instead. This is [...]
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Historic Berlin: Ich bin ein Berliner
Travel to Berlin was a dream to me. I don’t know why inside of me I have this will to discover Germany’s mysteries, but I do. It is very hard to describe this city. I wanted this text to show, with humble words, the sensation of being in a great metropolis, which was, and continues [...]
Nature v. Nurture: On Noise and Dancing
After a year and a half of Peace Corps service in Barranquilla, Colombia, I think I’m closing in on about as “integrated” as I will be. Two things I still find astonishing, however, are the love of noise and dancing abilities of everyone on the coast of Colombia. As a Midwesterner from a small, farm-bordered [...]
