When I became aware of the Nourish Retreats escape to Sayulita this year, I was most excited for one thing: the surfing! After surfing in Bali, I knew that I had fallen in love — and I had to keep up my newfound interest somehow! While Sayulita is a big surfing town, it wasn’t ideal …
Southeast Asia is home to some of the best beaches in the world, and some of the most beautiful beaches I’ve ever seen. Unlike my favorite places in Southeast Asia, I’m going to rank this list — I’ll list my top three beaches in Southeast Asia, and everything else is an honorable mention. My favorite …
If there’s any quintessential beach town in Mexico, Sayulita is the one to beat. Set against a brilliant beach and filled with colorful buildings, cheap eateries and surfer hangouts, Sayulita seems like the kind of place where one could get stuck for quite a long time! One thing I loved about my week with Nourish Retreats …
Lots of people dream of finding a random island in Thailand, getting a beach hut for a dollar, and spending days doing nothing and spending next to nothing, just chilling on a beautiful beach with a guitar. I’m sorry to break it to you, but that image, more or less, no longer exists. Thailand’s islands …
As our bus hurtles down the road to the beach town of Mui Ne, Vietnam, my friends and I have abandoned the laptops and guidebooks in our laps. The reason? We’re unable to drag our eyes away from the landscape unfolding before us. How can this place exist? In Vietnam, nonetheless? It looks like the …
I didn’t know what to expect in Sihanoukville, Cambodia’s most famous beach destination. Most of what I had heard was that it was a bit of a dirty, grungy beach, and worth visiting, but not worth a lot of time. Well, you know what? Sihanoukville is an amazing backpacker hangout and a party paradise. And …
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Railay is one of Krabi’s most beautiful beaches, only accessible by boat and packed with islands of limestone. Railay had been one of the destinations I had wanted to visit the most on my Asia Jaunt. In fact, I had wanted to visit Railay for four years! Right after I started my first post-college job, …
Is there any place better to watch a sunset than Koh Lanta? If there is, I haven’t found it yet. The island is skinny and long, with nearly all of the beaches on the west coast. Because of that, Koh Lanta sunsets are glorious almost every night — even when it’s overcast! The first Lanta …
I have fallen in madly in love with an island: Koh Lanta. After three party-heavy nights in Koh Phi Phi, I needed a place where I could chill out, relax, and enjoy the peace and quiet — but also get some work done. Koh Lanta seemed like a good choice. It was beyond perfect. Of …
Koh Phi Phi, an island off Thailand’s Andaman Coast, is most famous for being the setting of the Leonardo DiCaprio movie The Beach. Most people come to the Phi Phi islands expecting a pristine island paradise. Unfortunately, they’re often met with a rude awakening upon arrival. Koh Phi Phi is not paradise. Don’t get me …