When you are planning on traveling to Mexico, you are probably caught up with the big, important questions like: is Mexico safe? What are the best beaches in Mexico? Where are the coolest places to visit in Mexico? Or, perhaps most importantly, how many street tacos can one person eat in a single sitting? What you probably haven’t put much …
Bogota is the big and bustling capital city of Colombia, a place filled with some of Colombia’s richest cultural attractions and activities. I found Bogota to be an incredibly vibrant place, particularly after traveling through the “hinterlands” (joking!) of Colombia for about two months straight. There is an almost endless amount of things to do in Bogota, but one of …
Time for another monthly recap and blogging income report. This is where I share what’s new in the world of Desk to Dirtbag over the past month and offer a bit of transparency behind the life of a travel blogger. On to this month’s report… Highlights Tango Night Yeah, tango may be more popular in Buenos Aires, but there is …
Everyone always talks about how to start a blog, how to make money with a blog, awesome blogging tools, and other important and foundational aspects, but what never ever seems to get talked about is how to actually run your blog as a business… By that, I mean like a real business in terms of legal structure, finance, cash flow, …
You’ve probably heard someone mention this thing called “travel hacking” and then you thought to yourself “what’s travel hacking?” If you were lucky, they went on to explain how amazing it is if you like to save money while traveling, but even still, you were left with plenty of doubts or questions like what is travel hacking? Is travel hacking …
Who could imagine that trying to answer the question of “How many continents are there?” could be so complicated! I certainly never would have thought that… Indeed, growing up in the United States, I just took it as fact that there were 7 continents on earth. I mean, looking at the map, it all seemed pretty logical too, for the …
So, you’re planning on traveling to Colombia! Congratulations, it is an incredible country that will not disappoint you. I still remember the feeling when I hopped on a one-way flight to Cartagena, Colombia and all the adventures that ensued… I never could have imagined that years later I would STILL be in Colombia. If you’ve got flexibility in your travel dates, …
Everyone mistakenly believes that travel is expensive. That just isn’t the case… Indeed, there’s been times where I’ve spent less during three months of full-time travel than I spent for ONE month back when I was living in Washington D.C. — and I’m not just talking about accommodation, but food, travel, everything. After the flights, lodging is typically one of …