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Many people who travel to the Caucasus are wondering what to pack for Armenia since most people’s travel itinerary here will include stops at many ancient monasteries and important churches. When visiting holy pilgrimage sites like Geghard Monastery, you want to know that you’re wearing culturally appropriate clothes. As anyone who’s fond of visiting Orthodox Monasteries … Read more
Planning a trip to Azerbaijan? You might be wondering what to pack to visit this relatively little-traveled country. For many, questions about appropriate dress pop up whenever visiting a majority-Muslim nation. While Azerbaijan is a secular country, there are a few times during your trip when you’ll need to be cognizant of how Islamic customs … Read more
Wondering what to bring to Iceland? The country offers so many different kinds of activities, so you want to make sure you bring the right clothes and footwear with you. In addition, Iceland is an expensive country to travel around, so having a few extra provisions with you will save you a ton of money … Read more
First things first. This post is not sponsored. No one from the company that makes this towel has any idea I’m this obsessed with it. It’s just true that it’s the best microfiber towel for travel in the entire universe of travel towels, and I decided it’s time I wrote about why. Second, there are a … Read more
When I started traveling full-time, I had to have absolutely everything I owned with me on every trip. Now that I am based out of Sofia, Bulgaria, I have the luxury of tweaking my packing lists down to exactly what I need for each place I’m going, and I absolutely love it! Here’s my Ukraine … Read more
Wondering what to pack for Belize? Use this Belize packing list to decide what you will take with you plus what to wear in Belize! One of my favorite trips I’ve ever taken was the week I spent with my girlfriends in San Pedro, Belize. We went snorkeling at Hol Chan, chilled out at the … Read more
Serious travelers are funny creatures to buy for: they know exactly what they want to have with them when they travel, and, more annoyingly, exactly what they don’t. Some refuse to ever check luggage, some get very picky about the liters or kilos on them, and some don’t even have a home base to store … Read more
I’m a huge fan of the blog Unclutterer, a cleaning and organization blog, and I’ve always especially loved their ongoing series Unitasker Wednesday, where they lambaste a product that is designed to do only one (and usually a pretty unnessecary) thing. For example: an electric mac and cheese maker, a watermelon corer, and a clip-on … Read more