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Packing with Jessica – Skincare and Toiletries
This blog post includes affiliate links. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Over the past few years skincare has become incredibly important to me. When I travel I like to make sure…
Tags: guide, Packing, skincare
July 12, 2021
2020 Luxury Gift Guide by Jessica Nabongo
diptyque scented candles One of my favorite scented candles, the diptyque Baies and Roses are a classic, yet unexpected pairing that not only complement each other but simultaneously create a third scent. Diptyque candles make for a unique gift for…
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November 20, 2020
Cancelling and Postponing Travel Plans Due to COVID-19
If you are anything like me you had a ton of travel plans for March, April and even in May that have to be either cancelled or postponed because of COVID-19. As a frequent traveler this is probably my biggest nightmare, but we all have to do our part to slow the spread of this global pandemic. Below I will share a bit about my experiences of cancelling and postponing plans during this unprecedented time and then I’m going to offer a few tips on how you can cancel and postpone your plans for upcoming travel!
Tags: cancelling flights, cancelling hotels, coronavirus, covid-19
March 25, 2020
Top Ten African Countries For Novice Travellers
One of my many goals in 2020 is to encourage people to travel to the African continent. There are 54 countries, choose one! Of the world’s seven continents Africa is by far my favorite. I don’t think I’m biased, as…
February 17, 2020
The Plight of the Pangolin
Last week while traveling in Gabon, we sat down for lunch. I ordered veggies and rice and Sal ordered chicken. Once our dishes were served another dish was brought to the table. Neither of us knew what it was, but…
June 10, 2019
Google Pixel 3 – Empowering the Journey
When I landed in Bujumbura, Burundi, I headed straight to the market to buy fabric. This post is sponsored by Google and all images were shot on the Google Pixel 3XL About a month ago, I joined #teampixel and…
Tags: away, flight001, Luggage, Travel
January 13, 2019
The Ultimate Travel Holiday Gift Guide
As you can imagine, with all the traveling that I do, I have some staples that I do not leave home without and I am sharing these with you today! I hope you love them. Be sure to tell me…
Tags: away, flight001, Luggage, Travel
December 11, 2018
My Journey to Every Country in the World
There are two groups of people in the travel space, those who count countries and those who do not. I am in the former group. And I recently completed a journey to visit every country in the world, so I…
March 28, 2018
My 10 Favorite “Shithole Countries”
If you have not heard by now, the president of the United States of America, while in a meeting discussing a bipartisan immigration deal inside of the White House, made the following remarks, “Why do we want all these people…
Tags: Africa, East Africa, Haiti, Kenya, Namibia, Senegal, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia
January 25, 2018
My Life is Not a Vacation, It Just Looks Like It
A few weeks ago, I asked my sister to do something for me. It was a favor that I had previously requested, but now was urgently demanding. She is a single mother with two very rambunctious young boys that are…
May 25, 2017
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10 Off the Beaten Path Places to Visit in 2016
With global tourism on the rise, the usual suspects are seeing a bump in their numbers, including London, Bangkok, Paris, Dubai, Istanbul, New York, Singapore, Kuala Lumpur, Seoul and Hong Kong – which represent the top ten cities on MasterCard’s
2015: A Year of Wanderlust
5 Continents – Africa, Asia, Europe, North America, South America 19 Countries – Anguilla, Cambodia, England, Ethiopia, Finland, Haiti, Italy, Kenya, Laos, The Netherlands, Rwanda, Singapore, Sint Maarten, Thailand, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, USA, and Vietnam 10 US States –
Gifts for the Traveler in the Family
Christmas is rapidly approaching and as a 31-year-old nomad I can say there are very few things that I am interested in receiving as a gift at this point in life. Because travel is such a big part of my
Visit Cartagena NOW!
Back in 2009, a friend gave me an option of visiting Colombia or Honduras for his birthday. The obvious choice to me was Honduras and this was because of Colombia’s violent image and my 24 year old naiveté. Fast forward
Countries To Move To If Trump Becomes President
For the last few months we have been subjected to the spectacle that is Trump running as an actual candidate for the presidency of the United States of America. And to all of our surprises, since July he has been
72 Hours in Finland
A series of unfortunate events happened during my journey to Finland which included going through security three times for one flight, due to no one else’s fault but my own, the carrying of a tripod to capture the northern lights which