by Marybeth Bond | Feb 6, 2021 | Adventure, ASIA, Nepal, Girlfriend Getaways, Travel Statistics
Women Travel Statistics show that women—young, old, single, married, and widowed—are fueling an explosive growth in the travel industry. More women are traveling, for business and for pleasure, and they’re calling the shots. Just look around in a restaurant, how...
by Marybeth Bond | Oct 19, 2018 | Volunteer, full-image, Giving Back, Nepal, Featured
In Nepal, child slavery wasn’t on the national radar until Olga Murray came upon the scene. This is Olga arriving at the Kathmandu, Nepal airport, surrounded by the children she has helped. Photo credit: Nepal Youth Foundation. When Olga and I met she told...
by Marybeth Bond | Nov 1, 2015 | Luxury, India, China, Vietnam, Bali, Adventure, Burma / Myanmar, Indonesia, Dining, Nepal, Luxury
Many of us travel, among other reasons, for the love of food. These travel tips to help you survive your culinary adventures worldwide. My culinary adventures include eating yak eyeballs in Tibet, bamboo grubs in Thailand, fried...
by Marybeth Bond | Feb 20, 2014 | India, Nepal, SOUTH & CENTRAL AMERICA, Travel
“Nothing quite prepared me for how genuinely tough, wild and desolate Patagonia is. The friendship and solidarity I’ve met on the road astounds me on a daily basis,” recounts Mike Howarth, an e-commerce expert from Yorkshire England, who I met in Antarctica. “A common...
by Marybeth Bond | Apr 17, 2013 | Women Travel, Nepal, Travel
Save the children of Nepal, well that’s a lofty goal that only Olga could tackle. Let me explain why she’s not any ordinary woman or volunteer. Olga was an attorney who worked for 37 years, helping write opinions for two California Supreme Court chief...
by Marybeth Bond | Feb 15, 2011 | Adventure, ASIA, Nepal, Romance
“Do what you love and love will follow,” my mother told me. So I took off alone around the world to walk, hike, climb, cycle and kayak my way through six continents and more than 70 countries around the world. Along the way I never celebrated...