Thanks for joining us on this journey! I'm so glad you're here. I'm a writer and travel essayist with a goal of "Rolling to 100" countries in my lifetime. For me, it's not about checklist tourism, but about deep, immersive travel and the life-changing lessons we can learn from it. In my spare time, I provide writing support to others through Rollerbag Goddess Global Communications. I'll take on almost any kind of writing, including speechwriting, blogging, websites and much more! Travel and food writing are my twin passions, which are only eclipsed by my relentless pursuit of experiences worth writing about.
In this moment, as we are stripped of the simple pleasures of life like food and travel, Somebody Feed Phil is chicken soup for the traveler’s soul. Season four launches today on Netflix. … More Somebody Feed Phil is just what we need for this Moment
Murky skies hindered visibility over Myanmar and Thailand on a visit early this year. It’s an apropos metaphor for the challenges we face now. … More Into the Murk
Introducing Jackie Alpers: cookbook author and award-winning photographer, who talks about her latest cookbook: Taste of Tucson: Sonoran-Style Recipes Inspired by the Rich Culture of Southern Arizona.” Also, check out an excerpt of her book, including a recipe for chicken mole amarillo. … More Featured RBG: Jackie Alpers, author of Taste of Tucson: Sonoran-Style Recipes Inspired by the Rich Culture of Southern Arizona
There is profound beauty in being broken. The things that break us form who we will be on the other side. The difference in how we absorb these lessons and transmute our experience forms our reality when we’ve put ourselves back together again. … More The Beautiful Decay
Empty shelves vs. stock-up culture. Real need versus a bottomless hunger for more. If we simplified, would we have more gratitude and appreciation? Would we make room for more wonder? … More Heeding the Call to Simplify
What does it mean to be a good world citizen when a pandemic looms? If travel is a selfish pursuit, how do we adjust for the collective good in the age of Coronavirus? … More Love in the time of Coronavirus
We’re featuring Sophie Vodvarka: writer, traveler and creative. See what makes her travel content different, how she discovered a passion for travel, and why she believes travel is important. … More Featured RBG | Sophie Vodvarka: Writer, Traveler, Creative
I wonder if this is it. Whether this is the moment I get robbed, or gang raped or murdered. So many people have warned me for so long, so many people fear for me as I go–even after all these years of going and returning unscathed. As someone who travels alone a lot, one comes to wonder whether it is a foregone conclusion that one–or all of these–at some point, are going to happen. … More My vagina is my greatest liability
There is great value in having experiences you love, and keeping them to yourself. Not the least of which is that you have the power to actually protect the perfect places. … More Our Favorite Place in the World
Tourists stay in luxury lodging, because they expect other places and countries to adhere to or exceed the standards they experience at home. This goes for cleanliness, functionality, technology, cuisine, convenience and comfort. Real travelers strive to better understand local culture by entering the experience unencumbered by those unrealistic expectations. … More Travelers: there’s a lot to be said for staying in a “Dump”
