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The ABSOLUTE Best Things to Do in Oaxaca, Mexico

Blog, Mexico
Indigenous women dancing in brightly colored dresses in front of the brightly lit cathedral underneath a blue sky in Oaxaca, Mexico.

Looking for the best things to do in Oaxaca? I’ve got you covered! Oaxaca is one of my favorite places in Mexico, and I think it’s one of the most special cities in Latin America. Oaxaca (pronounced wa-HA-ca) ticks all the boxes — it’s an incredibly beautiful city, it’s an endlessly interesting city; it’s large …

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Your First Post-COVID Trip Should Be to Croatia

Blog, Croatia
View of Hvar Town from the Spanish Fortress: a view from above, you see a small harbor surrounded with white buildings topped with orange roofs. In the distance are the green Pakleni Islands.

At some point, we will take our first post-COVID trips. Maybe it will be in summer 2021. Maybe it will be a bit later than that. But with vaccines being distributed in greater numbers, post-COVID travel is on its way. Do we know what traveling after COVID is going to be like? Not really! Through …

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AK Monthly Recap: December 2020

Blog, Monthly Recap
Kate wears a bright pink sweater and lies on her side, holding her little gray tabby kitten, Lewis.

We did it! 2020 has come to an end! When I wrote my last monthly update, I wrote that we were leaving lockdown in Prague. And we did…for two weeks. Now, we’re back in the situation that dominated November: restaurants are closed, cafes serve coffee out their front doors, non-essential shops are closed, and we …

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My Worst Travel Moments of 2020

Best of the Year, Blog
Kate standing outside in a hoodie as snowflakes land in her hair. She shrugs and holds one hand up as if to say, "Can you believe this?"

I thought that 2016 was bad. This was worse — SO many times worse, universally worse. The year that will be written about forever as the dumpster fire of the early 21st century. We’re going to look back at 2020 as the year when everything fell apart. But even in the year that brought us …

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9 Reasons Why I Can’t Wait to Return to Riga, Latvia

Blog, Latvia
A narrow street in Riga lined with orange and pink buildings.

When you ask me where to go in Europe that’s a cool city to visit for a few days — somewhere a bit off the beaten path, but not TOO off the beaten path — that’s when I start talking about Riga, Latvia. As a Latvian-American, I have a soft spot for Riga. In 2015 …

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My Favorite Books of 2020

Best of the Year, Blog

This year of reading was a bit of a slow burn. For awhile, it seemed like I hadn’t read many books that truly grabbed me. Then in the final third of the year, I kept getting hit over and over with fabulous book after fabulous book! So far I’ve read 52 books in 2020 — …

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My Best Travel Moments of 2020

Best of the Year, Blog
Kate wears a red dress and sits on the edge of a mountain overlooking the view to the sea in Brač, Croatia.

2020 was all about looking for a silver lining. In a year of turmoil, I was able to find a lot of joy — and I was grateful for that. Sometimes that’s all that you can say. Here are my favorite travel moments of 2020. Crossing the Border from Serbia into Croatia It was early …

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My Favorite New Destinations of 2020

Best of the Year, Blog
Kate posing with her arms in the air in front of a mural of many different colors in an abstract design.

2020 was the year that travel ground to a halt for most people. While most people didn’t travel at all this year, I feel extraordinarily lucky that I got to experience as much as I did. How was I able to experience so much travel in 2020? I began the year in Cuba and was …

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AK Monthly Recap: November 2020

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It’s official — I’m a cat mom! This month, Charlie and I discovered a pair of rescue kittens that needed a home, and we decided to adopt them! They are two gray tabbies with white bellies and white paws, and their names are Lewis and Murray. Their foster family originally named them Harley and Davidson …

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Best Gifts for Travelers (and Others!): 2020 Edition

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Happy holidays, everyone — it’s time to unleash the best gifts for travelers in 2020 and beyond! This has been a tough year for all of us. I know that travel may not be the first thing on your mind — nor gifts for travelers in particular — but I know that with hard work …

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Kate
At age 26, I quit my job to travel the world alone. I spent six fantastic months in Southeast Asia and turned my travel blog into a full-time business. Nine years later, I'm still traveling -- 83 countries and 7 continents! My goal is to show YOU how you can travel the world on your own -- easily, safely, and adventurously. Read more here.

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Top 10 Most Wanted Destinations

1. Brazil
2. Ethiopia
3. Sardinia
4. Galapagos
5. Crete
6. Israel
7. New Zealand
8. Hawaii
9. Greenland
10. Peru

*Currently in the works

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  • The ABSOLUTE Best Things to Do in Oaxaca, Mexico
  • Your First Post-COVID Trip Should Be to Croatia
  • AK Monthly Recap: December 2020
  • My Worst Travel Moments of 2020
  • 9 Reasons Why I Can’t Wait to Return to Riga, Latvia
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