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I'm a New York native who left my home to explore the world slowly and thoroughly. I’m just a little obsessed with photography, scuba diving, and reading guidebooks to countries I have no immediate plans to visit.

The Wanderland Guide to Koh Tao 2023 Update is liv

The Wanderland Guide to Koh Tao 2023 Update is live y’all! 🌴 You don’t want to head to Thailand without this beauty — link in bio!

Did you know this is one of the first products I ever created?

I remember when I emerged from the haze of writing my first draft back in 2018 and sent it off to editors (one of them being my mom 🫶🏼 who was a professional writer so well qualified!) and feeling so drained from putting nearly a decade of my life and island knowledge to paper. Then I got back the truly stunning final layout from my amazing designer and I felt so lifted back up again! I had zero clue how to launch a digital product (kinda still don’t 🤣) but wow was I so insanely proud of what I created.

I went to a low key dinner with a few friends, not even as a celebration just to catch up after having been glued to my laptop for a while, and one of them brought me flowers and made a little toast — a small gesture I have never forgotten; and such a reminder to take every opportunity to celebrate the accomplishments and milestones in the lives of people we love 💐

In 2020 I came back to work on the update after my @wanderwomenreteats and… well, you know what happened that year!

I finally got to come do it right in 2023. I worked with friends and current island locals to get the best, most up-to-date research, and then spent some time running around doing my own research — the best part of my job!

I’m so insanely grateful to all of you who have bought this guide over the years (which comes with lifetime access to updates, by the way!) 🫶🏼 Especially those of you who buy it message me you don’t even have plans to go to Koh Tao yet… you just want to see and support the things I’ve created. YOU all make me feel like the luckiest girl in the world.

Here’s a little look at one of my favorite corners of it — available via the link in my bio! 🌏

Me and @jonesaroundtheworld, against the world 🌎🫶🏼📷 (and yes, I take his photo too ha!)

A homecoming ✨ When I posted this — my long-a

A homecoming ✨

When I posted this — my long-awaited return to Koh Tao — on my stories back in April (why yes, my feed IS indeed a tad behind, now that you mention it!) I wrote this: “spent the happiest years of my life on this island, back for the first time since 2020.”

Some of you have been here since I spent the majority of my twenties on a wild ‘lil eight square mile sandbar in the Gulf of Thailand.

When I read that today, looking through my archives, I thought to myself instinctively — wow, it feels like the next happiest years of my life have just begun 🥹

I haven’t felt that way in a long time.

I’m so insanely grateful to Koh Tao for reminding me early this year how deliciously good a HOME can feel.

I got back to Bali from this trip and immediately bought @villakerangsue, and shortly after, moved into my new place in Brooklyn. It was a catalyst.

I landed in Thailand from Taiwan after a marathon travel day with no luggage and not a care about it. When the boat got close, I ran up to the top deck so I could stare at the island and just cry happy tears. I felt nothing but pure joy and gratitude for a decade of memories — good and bad — on every inch of this island.

This month in Thailand fueled my SOUL and I can’t wait to share it here on my feed.

Need some magic in your life? 🪄 You’re in luck cause the updated version of my Wanderland Guide to Koh Tao just dropped! She’s a beauty and a long time in the making — many people worked very hard on this! We’d love to show you the results — find a copy via the link in my bio! This guide is a love letter.

Because fourteen years after I first washed ashore here, Koh Tao, I 🫶🏼 you always…

POV: You’re flying for free, in the front of the

POV: You’re flying for free, in the front of the plane, just by paying your rent! (EVEN if you pay via Venmo, like me!)

It’s all thanks to my new fave credit card! I’ll open this by saying I get bonus points if you sign up through my link, so I’d be super grateful if you use it! <3 (It’s in my bio, in my Bilt highlight, and in my stories rn!)
 I was living out of hotels and Airbnbs for the last few years, which while expensive, racked up major credit card points — epic for converting to flying business class, which as you might have seen, I looooove to do.

When I committed to renting in New York, I was devastated at the idea of “wasting” my rent payments, not something you can traditionally put on a credit card — until I heard about Bilt! I was shocked and delighted to learn that paying via Venmo, payment portal or check all qualify!

There is NO annual fee, which is bananas — you just need to make 5 transactions per month to get your points. While there’s no sign up bonus and never has been, you do get 5X points for the first five days, so plan accordingly! (I kind of blew it on this, whoops.) You can also get extra points by linking your Lyft account, your airline loyalty programs, and adding *any* of your credit cards to their dining program.

Then, get this: they have 1:1 transfer with so many airlines — United, American Airlines, Emirates, Virgin, Hawaiian, British Air, Air Canada, and more. If you follow @thepointsguy, he’s an investor!

If you pay rent and make four other Venmo or check transactions per month that you otherwise couldn’t get points for, you’re kind of throwing away money if you don’t get this card. I got accepted instantly — so apply today!

I’m kinda a beginner when it comes to point hacking, but I do fly multiple times per year for free, often in business class, thanks to cards like this! Any questions? Ask away!

See you in biz class babyyyy! ✈️

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