Category Archives: travel

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Anthro on Foot Goes to Germany

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Hallo!

For my travel photos on IG: @anthro0nfoot

Sharing with you resources that helped me with travel planning + inspiration:

Books: Elie Wiesel’s Night, Franz Kafka’s The Metamorphosis and The Trial, Hermann Hesse’s Siddharta, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s The Sorrows of Young Werther, Peter Haugen’s World History for Dummies. For reviews, visit Goodreads and Scribd*.

Shows: Geography Now!, The Story of Europe

Tourism sites: free walking tours, Nomadic Matt, official tourism website

Travel planning sites: Airalo eSIM ($3 discount code: RAIZEL7816)*, Airbnb, Booking.com*, Skyscanner, World Nomads*

(*Note: It helps keep this site going every time you sign up or book from these links. I am a big fan and have been using these sites since 2015. If this blog helped you in any way, it doesn’t hurt to make your booking from these links. Thank you!)

P.S. My keys to sustainable travels: acknowledge that your trip might not go as planned | back up important files before and during travel | bring a portable multi-cooker, coffee/tea press, food containers, utensils, water bottle, water heater, and clothesline rope | bring extra medicines and prescription | bring souvenirs from home for friends you’ll meet along the way | get a local sim card | get travel insurance | have an extra card to be used only for emergencies | learn the language if you deem it necessary | listen to your gut | only bring stuff that you can carry on your own | it’s okay to get adventurous with food, but only go for what’s vouched as clean and safe | record and stay on top of your expenses | stay in accommodations where cooking is allowed | take public transportation | treat everyone and yourself with kindness and respect, as always | treat guidebooks as guides; don’t get boxed by them | visit local cafés, markets, and parks (if the weather and security situation permit) | walk as much as you can | wake up early | when faced with difficult decisions, ask yourself why ❤

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Anthro on Foot Goes to South Korea

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Annyeonghaseyo!

For my travel photos on IG: @anthro0nfoot

Sharing with you resources that helped me with travel planning + inspiration:

Books: Daniel Tudor’s Korea: The Impossible Country, Peter Haugen’s World History for Dummies. For reviews, visit Goodreads and Scribd*.

Shows: Geography Now!, Hallyu (K-Drama, K-Pop), Maangchi’s Cooking Channel, Talk to Me in Korean

Tourism sites: free walking tours, official tourism website

Travel planning sites: Airalo eSIM ($3 discount code: RAIZEL7816)*, Airbnb, Booking.com*, Skyscanner, World Nomads*

(*Note: It helps keep this site going every time you sign up or book from these links. I am a big fan and have been using these sites since 2015. If this blog helped you in any way, it doesn’t hurt to make your booking from these links. Thank you!)

P.S. My keys to sustainable travels: acknowledge that your trip might not go as planned | back up important files before and during travel | bring a portable multi-cooker, coffee/tea press, food containers, utensils, water bottle, water heater, and clothesline rope | bring extra medicines and prescription | bring souvenirs from home for friends you’ll meet along the way | get a local sim card | get travel insurance | have an extra card to be used only for emergencies | learn the language if you deem it necessary | listen to your gut | only bring stuff that you can carry on your own | only go for local food that’s vouched for being clean and safe | record and stay on top of your expenses | stay in accommodations where cooking is allowed | take public transportation | treat everyone and yourself with kindness and respect, as always | treat guidebooks as guides; don’t get boxed by them | visit local cafés | walk as much as you can | wake up early | when faced with difficult decisions, ask yourself why ❤

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Anthro on Foot Goes to Switzerland

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Bonjour/ Hallo!

For my travel photos on IG: @anthro0nfoot

Sharing with you resources that helped me with travel planning + inspiration:

Books: Alan Lightman’s Einstein’s Dreams, Johanna Spyri’s Heidi, Johann Wyss’ The Swiss Family Robinson, Peter Haugen’s World History for Dummies. For reviews, visit Goodreads and Scribd*.

Shows: Geography Now!, Saving the Alpine Meadows, The Story of Europe

Tourism sites: free walking tours, Nomadic Matt, official tourism website

Travel planning sites: Airalo eSIM ($3 discount code: RAIZEL7816)*, Airbnb, Booking.com*, Skyscanner, World Nomads* I found it so expensive to stay in Switzerland so I chose to stay at Ferney-Voltaire in France, literally one step away from Geneva, with hotel options at half the price compared to Geneva.  

(*Note: It helps keep this site going every time you sign up or book from these links. I am a big fan and have been using these sites since 2015. If this blog helped you in any way, it doesn’t hurt to make your booking from these links. Thank you!)

P.S. My keys to sustainable travels: acknowledge that your trip might not go as planned | back up important files before and during travel | bring a portable multi-cooker, coffee/tea press, food containers, utensils, water bottle, water heater, and clothesline rope | bring extra medicines and prescription | bring souvenirs from home for friends you’ll meet along the way | get a local sim card | get travel insurance | have an extra card to be used only for emergencies | learn the language if you deem it necessary | listen to your gut | only bring stuff that you can carry on your own | only go for local food that’s vouched for being clean and safe | record and stay on top of your expenses | stay in accommodations where cooking is allowed | take public transportation | treat everyone and yourself with kindness and respect, as always |treat guidebooks as guides; don’t get boxed by them | visit local cafés | walk as much as you can | wake up early | when faced with difficult decisions, ask yourself why ❤

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Anthro on Foot Goes to Italy

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Ciao!

For my travel photos on IG: @anthro0nfoot

Sharing with you resources that helped me with travel planning + inspiration:

Books: Andrew Rimas and Evan Fraser’s Empires of Food, Britannica’s Children’s Almanac on the Roman Empire and the Etruscans, Christopher Duggan’s A Concise History of Italy, Dan Brown’s Angels and Demons, Dante Alighieri’s Inferno and Divine Comedy, David Graeber’s Debt, Elizabeth Gilbert’s Eat Pray Love, Jeanette Fregulia’s A Rich and Tantalizing Brew: A History of How Coffee Connected the World, Niccolo Machiavelli’s The Prince, Nicolas Ostler’s Empires of the Word, Peter Haugen’s World History for Dummies, Philip Freeman’s Oh My Gods: A Modern Retelling of Greek and Roman Myths, Stefano Mancuso’s The Revolutionary Genius of Plants, W. Hodding Carter’s Flushed. For reviews, visit Goodreads and Scribd*.

Shows: Blue Zones, Florence and the Renaissance, Geography Now!, Giada at Home, The Silk Road: Venice

Tourism sites: free walking tours, Nomadic Matt, official tourism website

Travel planning sites: Airalo eSIM ($3 discount code: RAIZEL7816)*, Airbnb, Booking.com*, Skyscanner, World Nomads*

(*Note: It helps keep this site going every time you sign up or book from these links. I am a big fan and have been using these sites since 2015. If this blog helped you in any way, it doesn’t hurt to make your booking from these links. Thank you!)

P.S. My keys to sustainable travels: acknowledge that your trip might not go as planned | back up important files before and during travel | bring a portable multi-cooker, coffee/tea press, food containers, utensils, water bottle, water heater, and clothesline rope | bring extra medicines and prescription | bring souvenirs from home for friends you’ll meet along the way | get a local sim card | get travel insurance | have an extra card to be used only for emergencies | learn the language if you deem it necessary | listen to your gut | only bring stuff that you can carry on your own | only go for local food that’s vouched for being clean and safe | record and stay on top of your expenses | stay in accommodations where cooking is allowed | take public transportation | treat everyone and yourself with kindness and respect, as always |treat guidebooks as guides; don’t get boxed by them | visit local cafés | walk as much as you can | wake up early | when faced with difficult decisions, ask yourself why ❤

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Anthro on Foot Goes to Croatia

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Zdravo!

For my travel photos on IG: @anthro0nfoot

Sharing with you resources that helped me with travel planning + inspiration:

Books: Peter Haugen’s World History for Dummies. For reviews, visit Goodreads and Scribd*.

Shows: Game of Thrones (highly recommended by my friends but I haven’t watched it), Geography Now!

Tourism sites: free walking tours, Nomadic Matt, official tourism website

Travel planning sites: Airalo eSIM ($3 discount code: RAIZEL7816)*, Airbnb, Booking.com*, Skyscanner, World Nomads*

(*Note: It helps keep this site going every time you sign up or book from these links. I am a big fan and have been using these sites since 2015. If this blog helped you in any way, it doesn’t hurt to make your booking from these links. Thank you!)

P.S. My keys to sustainable travels: acknowledge that your trip might not go as planned | back up important files before and during travel | bring a portable multi-cooker, coffee/tea press, food containers, utensils, water bottle, water heater, and clothesline rope | bring extra medicines and prescription | bring souvenirs from home for friends you’ll meet along the way | get a local sim card | get travel insurance | have an extra card to be used only for emergencies | learn the language if you deem it necessary | listen to your gut | only bring stuff that you can carry on your own | only go for local food that’s vouched for being clean and safe | record and stay on top of your expenses | stay in accommodations where cooking is allowed | take public transportation | treat everyone and yourself with kindness and respect, as always | treat guidebooks as guides; don’t get boxed by them | visit local cafés | walk as much as you can | wake up early | when faced with difficult decisions, ask yourself why ❤

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Anthro on Foot Goes to Bosnia and Herzegovina

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Zdravo!

For my travel photos on IG: @anthro0nfoot

Sharing with you resources that helped me with travel planning + inspiration:

Book: Peter Haugen’s World History for Dummies. For reviews, visit Goodreads and Scribd*.

Show: Geography Now!

Tourism sites: free walking tours, Nomadic Matt

Travel planning sites: Airalo eSIM ($3 discount code: RAIZEL7816)*, Airbnb, Booking.com*, Skyscanner, World Nomads*

(*Note: It helps keep this site going every time you sign up or book from these links. I am a big fan and have been using these sites since 2015. If this blog helped you in any way, it doesn’t hurt to make your booking from these links. Thank you!)

P.S. My keys to sustainable travels: acknowledge that your trip might not go as planned | back up important files before and during travel | bring a portable multi-cooker, coffee/tea press, food containers, utensils, water bottle, water heater, and clothesline rope | bring extra medicines and prescription | bring souvenirs from home for friends you’ll meet along the way | get a local sim card | get travel insurance | have an extra card to be used only for emergencies | learn the language if you deem it necessary | listen to your gut | only bring stuff that you can carry on your own | only go for local food that’s vouched for being clean and safe | record and stay on top of your expenses | stay in accommodations where cooking is allowed | take public transportation | treat everyone and yourself with kindness and respect, as always | treat guidebooks as guides; don’t get boxed by them | visit local cafés | walk as much as you can | wake up early | when faced with difficult decisions, ask yourself why ❤

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Anthro on Foot Goes to Austria

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Bonjour/ Hallo!

For my travel photos on IG: @anthro0nfoot

Sharing with you resources that helped me with travel planning + inspiration:

Books: Jeanette Fregulia’s A Rich and Tantalizing Brew: A History of How Coffee Connected the World, Lonely Planet’s Global Coffee Tour, Peter Haugen’s World History for Dummies. For reviews, visit Goodreads and Scribd*.

Show: Geography Now!

Tourism sites: free walking tours, Nomadic Matt, official tourism website

Travel planning sites: Airalo eSIM ($3 discount code: RAIZEL7816)*, Airbnb, Booking.com*, Skyscanner, World Nomads*

(*Note: It helps keep this site going every time you sign up or book from these links. I am a big fan and have been using these sites since 2015. If this blog helped you in any way, it doesn’t hurt to make your booking from these links. Thank you!)

P.S. My keys to sustainable travels: acknowledge that your trip might not go as planned | back up important files before and during travel | bring a portable multi-cooker, coffee/tea press, food containers, utensils, water bottle, water heater, and clothesline rope | bring extra medicines and prescription | bring souvenirs from home for friends you’ll meet along the way | get a local sim card | get travel insurance | have an extra card to be used only for emergencies | learn the language if you deem it necessary | listen to your gut | only bring stuff that you can carry on your own | only go for local food that’s vouched for being clean and safe | record and stay on top of your expenses | stay in accommodations where cooking is allowed | take public transportation | treat everyone and yourself with kindness and respect, as always | treat guidebooks as guides; don’t get boxed by them | visit local cafés | walk as much as you can | wake up early | when faced with difficult decisions, ask yourself why ❤

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Anthro on Foot Goes to Vietnam

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Xin chao!

For my travel photos on IG: @anthro0nfoot

Sharing with you resources that helped me with travel planning + inspiration:

Books: Anthony Reid’s A History of Southeast Asia, Peter Haugen’s World History for Dummies, Thomas Suarez’s Early Mapping of Southeast Asia, Wiley’s A Short History of Southeast Asia (Peter Church, ed.). For reviews, visit Goodreads and Scribd*.

Shows: Charles Kimball’s History of Southeast Asia podcast, Geography Now!

Tourism sites: free walking tours, Nomadic Matt, official tourism website

Travel planning sites: Airalo eSIM ($3 discount code: RAIZEL7816)*, Airbnb, Booking.com*, Skyscanner, World Nomads*

(*Note: It helps keep this site going every time you sign up or book from these links. I am a big fan and have been using these sites since 2015. If this blog helped you in any way, it doesn’t hurt to make your booking from these links. Thank you!)

P.S. My keys to sustainable travels: acknowledge that your trip might not go as planned | back up important files before and during travel | bring a portable multi-cooker, coffee/tea press, food containers, utensils, water bottle, water heater, and clothesline rope | bring extra medicines and prescription | bring souvenirs from home for friends you’ll meet along the way | get a local sim card | get travel insurance | have an extra card to be used only for emergencies | learn the language if you deem it necessary | listen to your gut | only bring stuff that you can carry on your own | only go for local food that’s vouched for being clean and safe | record and stay on top of your expenses | stay in accommodations where cooking is allowed | take public transportation | treat everyone and yourself with kindness and respect, as always |treat guidebooks as guides; don’t get boxed by them | visit local cafés | walk as much as you can | wake up early | when faced with difficult decisions, ask yourself why ❤

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Anthro on Foot Goes to Cambodia

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Suostei!

For my travel photos on IG: @anthro0nfoot

Sharing with you resources that helped me with travel planning + inspiration:

Books: Anthony Reid’s A History of Southeast Asia, Thomas Suarez’s Early Mapping of Southeast Asia, Wiley’s A Short History of Southeast Asia (Peter Church, ed.). For reviews, visit Goodreads and Scribd*.

Shows: Charles Kimball’s History of Southeast Asia podcast, Geography Now!

Tourism sites: free walking tours, Nomadic Matt, official tourism website

Travel planning sites: Airalo eSIM ($3 discount code: RAIZEL7816)*, Airbnb, Booking.com*, Skyscanner, World Nomads*

(*Note: It helps keep this site going every time you sign up or book from these links. I am a big fan and have been using these sites since 2015. If this blog helped you in any way, it doesn’t hurt to make your booking from these links. Thank you!)

P.S. My keys to sustainable travels: acknowledge that your trip might not go as planned | back up important files before and during travel | bring a portable multi-cooker, coffee/tea press, food containers, utensils, water bottle, water heater, and clothesline rope | bring extra medicines and prescription | bring souvenirs from home for friends you’ll meet along the way | get a local sim card | get travel insurance | have an extra card to be used only for emergencies | learn the language if you deem it necessary | listen to your gut | only bring stuff that you can carry on your own | only go for local food that’s vouched for being clean and safe | record and stay on top of your expenses | stay in accommodations where cooking is allowed | take public transportation | treat everyone and yourself with kindness and respect, as always |treat guidebooks as guides; don’t get boxed by them | visit local cafés | walk as much as you can | wake up early | when faced with difficult decisions, ask yourself why ❤

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Anthro on Foot Goes to the United States

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Hello!

For my travel photos on IG: @anthro0nfoot

Sharing with you resources that helped me with travel planning + inspiration:

Books: Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged; Dan Brown’s Da Vince Code, and Angels and Demons; Edgar Allan Poe’s The Raven; Ernest Hemingway’s The Old Man and the Sea, For Whom the Bell Tolls, The Sun Also Rises; F. Scott Fitzgerald’s The Great Gatsby; Hardy Boys series; Harper Lee’s to Kill a Mockingbird; Harriet Beecher Stowe’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin; Henry David Thoreau’s Walden; Jack London’s The Call of the Wild and Other Stories; J.D. Salinger’s The Catcher in the Rye; Jean Twenge’s Generation Me; John Irving’s The Cider House Rules; John Steinbeck’s The Grapes of Wrath, Of Mice and Men, East of Eden, The Pearl; Louisa May Alcott’s Little Women; Margaret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind; Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; Mary Pipher’s Reviving Ophelia; Nancy Drew series; Nathaniel Hawthorne’s The Scarlet Letter; National Geographic’s Guide to National Parks; Pearl Buck’s The Good Earth; Peter Haugen’s World History for Dummies; Richard Bach’s Jonathan Livingston Seagull; Robert Frank’s Success and Luck: Good Fortune and the Myth of Meritocracy; Robin Kimmerer’s Braiding Sweetgrass; Stephen King’s The Shining, From a Buick 8, The Green Mile; Sue Monk Kidd’s The Secret Life of Bees and The Mermaid Chair; Sweet Valley Kids series (my first insight to American culture as a kid); Teodoro Agoncillo’s A History of the Philippines; Truman Capote’s In Cold Blood; Walt Whitman’s Leaves of Grass. For reviews, visit Goodreads and Scribd*.

Show: Geography Now!

Tourism sites: free walking tours, Nomadic Matt, official tourism website

Travel planning sites: Airalo eSIM ($3 discount code: RAIZEL7816)*, Airbnb, Booking.com*, Skyscanner, World Nomads*

(*Note: It helps keep this site going every time you sign up or book from these links. I am a big fan and have been using these sites since 2015. If this blog helped you in any way, it doesn’t hurt to make your booking from these links. Thank you!)

P.S. My keys to sustainable travels: acknowledge that your trip might not go as planned | back up important files before and during travel | bring a portable multi-cooker, coffee/tea press, food containers, utensils, water bottle, water heater, and clothesline rope | bring extra medicines and prescription | bring souvenirs from home for friends you’ll meet along the way | get a local sim card | get travel insurance | have an extra card to be used only for emergencies | learn the language if you deem it necessary | listen to your gut | only bring stuff that you can carry on your own | only go for local food that’s vouched for being clean and safe | record and stay on top of your expenses | stay in accommodations where cooking is allowed | take public transportation | treat everyone and yourself with kindness and respect, as always |treat guidebooks as guides; don’t get boxed by them | visit local cafés | walk as much as you can | wake up early | when faced with difficult decisions, ask yourself why ❤