A Travel Blog by Katie Chavez
Month 136 was a month of change, transitioning from our working season into our travel season. I started the month with a day in Vancouver, walking along False Creek to Granville Island where I had brunch with a friend, then I drove to Seattle to stay with another friend for a night, going for dinner […] Read more…
People always ask me this: How do you afford to travel so much? I don’t know how to save to travel – what’s you secret? Travel can seem like an unattainable goal for many. Expensive and out of reach. I used to think that too. I would spend all my money on clothes, shoes, and […] Read more…
Month 135 was spent half on the road and half at the Gorge, hiking a lot and working two sold out shows. I started the month hiking in Lassen Volcanic National Park, where I had one more day before continuing on to MacArthur Burney Falls State Park to see the waterfalls. Next up was Crater […] Read more…
While Telluride may be better known as a world-class ski destination, there are so many fun things to do in Telluride in summer and fall that I prefer visiting this gorgeous mountain town when the sun has some heat and everything is green or golden, rather than covered in snow. Telluride is the best mountain […] Read more…
Want to experience the most beautiful beach in Thailand? Paradise Beach on Koh Kradan is it. Well, I think it is. Tiny Koh Kradan (only 2.4 square kilometers!) is one of Thailand’s Trang Islands on the dreamy Andaman Coast. It’s a popular day trip destination from nearby Koh Mook and Koh Ngai for the spectacular […] Read more…
One of the best things I did in Dominica was the Boiling Lake Hike. Find out more and how you can experience the Boiling Lake in Dominica. Did you know that such a thing as boiling lakes existed? I have seen small pools of boiling hot water in both Iceland and my home country of […] Read more…
If you are planning a trip and want to know all the fun things to do in Pai – let me get you started… Pai is a small town in Thailand’s lush and jungly north, several hours by bus from the northern capital of Chiang Mai. The road to Pai is long, windy, and motion […] Read more…
I thought I would start sharing some of my favorite recipes from around the world that I love to cook, starting with one from my home country of New Zealand: Courgette and sweetcorn fritters. In times when we can’t travel, one way to keep in touch with our travel roots is to cook dishes from […] Read more…
If you are planning a trip to Acadia National Park in Fall – and you should be because it’s incredible – then read on to find out the best things to do in Acadia National Park and Mount Desert Island when the leaves are turning. Stephen King is the one that first introduced me to […] Read more…
Koh Libong is the largest of the Trang Islands in Thailand at 40 square kilometers, but it is the least visited. It is an unspoiled local island with not a lot of tourism infrastructure, where many of the hospitality workers don’t speak any or much English (unusual in Thailand), and where there are only a […] Read more…