A Travel Blog by Katie Chavez
If you are traveling to Cape Cod, I highly recommend adding a Martha’s Vineyard day trip to your itinerary. Read on to find out why… Martha’s Vineyard. For me, it conjures up images of the Kennedys, windswept beaches, red and white striped lighthouses, bright red lobsters, and beautiful yachts anchored offshore. A playground for the […] 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…
Planning a visit to Door County? Then don’t miss Washington Island! Here are the best things to do on Washington Island in Wisconsin… I absolutely LOVED Washington Island and my two days there was a definite highlight of my time in Door County. I mean, have you even really experienced Door County if you haven’t […] Read more…
Planning a trip to beautiful and peaceful Denman Island this summer? Then read on to find out the best things to do on Denman Island and much more… The first time I visited Denman Island I knew within days that it was special. Like with people, some places you just click with straight away, and […] Read more…
I can’t say that I had heard of Les Saintes before I started my trip research on the French islands of Guadeloupe in the Caribbean. Hell, I knew almost nothing about Guadeloupe at all, let alone that there was a secluded archipelago of mini volcanic islands, south of the main islands of Grand Terre and […] Read more…
Sometimes it is the places that you visit by chance that you end up loving the most. This was particularly true for me and Denman Island. What started as a chance meeting turned into a full-blown love affair, one that is still going strong. Denman Island is truly a special place. I won’t go into […] 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 Andadan Coast. It’s a popular day trip destination from nearby Koh Mook and Koh Ngai for the spectacular […] 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…
Sometimes it is the experiences that only come about in the last minute, with no expectations, that end up being the most rewarding. Such was the case on our last day in Fiji, where we ended up doing a half-day Nadi tour. Our flight was due out at 2.30 pm from Nadi airport and we […] Read more…
I visited Koh Lipe in 2015 when I first wrote this guide to the best things to do in Koh Lipe. It has come to my attention since then that Koh Lipe is not what it once was and that much of the land was stolen from the original inhabitants as far back as two […] Read more…