I constantly get questions about my travels and I do make an attempt to answer them all back. However when someone asks a question that I think others would really benefit from hearing the answer, I like to share them for my entire Ottsworld audience (my mom + 20 other people) I had a recent [...]

The Mongol Rally is the ultimate road trip for 4 plugged in travel bloggers and social media addicts. However traveling across 15 countries for 10,000 miles presents some challenges for even the best techie geeks. I decided to enlist the help of Anil Polat from FoxNomad and Tech Guide For Travel to be our official [...]

This week a friend and I are actually traveling on a ‘hi-speed’ roadtrip through the National Parks of the Southwest. We are stopping at major photography sites such as Death Valley, Grand Canyon, Zion, Bryce, Hoover Dam, and Antelope Canyon to name a few. My friend is a photography enthusiast so as you can guess [...]

The movie Eat Pray Love has hit the big screens around the world (yet sadly not where I’m currently at in Belgium), however it has caused a flurry of activity in the world of travel writing as people pick apart the adaptation of the book-to-movie, Julia Roberts’ laugh/smile, and the story in general. When I [...]

I get many emails from travelers all over the world asking me questions about my travels.  Here are some of the recent ones that are great to share with everyone!  If you have a question, don’t hesitate to ask! Q:  From Anna in New York city – I’m planning a trip to start in December [...]

I get many emails from travelers all over the world asking me questions about my travels.  Here are some of the recent ones that are great to share with everyone!  If you have a question, don’t hesitate to ask! Q:  from Dave – Brooklyn I came across your blog and was very impressed by your [...]

Real questions from you…the lovely people who actually read this blog (thank you, thank you!!) These people contacted me through email and I’ve received permission to reprint their questions and my answers on my site so that everyone can benefit (even you shy people that are too scared to comment or send me an email!) [...]

I’ve been blogging now for close to 3 years and I get questions from strangers weekly.  The questions range from “Are you rich?” “How can I do what you are doing” “How did you come up with the name for your cat?” “What did you pack?” “At what point did you know you were going [...]