Search Results for “hostelworld” – Alex In Wanderland https://www.alexinwanderland.com Tue, 19 Jul 2022 15:54:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Wander Women Wednesdays: Announcing Our Aerial + Yoga Adventure in Tel Aviv https://www.alexinwanderland.com/announcing-high-flying-israel/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=announcing-high-flying-israel https://www.alexinwanderland.com/announcing-high-flying-israel/#comments Wed, 22 Jan 2020 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=61807 Wander Women Retreats
It’s Wander Women Wednesday! On this glorious mid-week moment, we’re going to highlight an upcoming Wander Women Retreat, or a new aspect of our retreats we’re excited about.  If you’ve been following along on my social media, you know that today I said I heavy-hearted adios to the Dominican Republic, the site of my very first […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/announcing-high-flying-israel/feed/ 4 Alex In Wanderland Eight Sunny Memories from Two Weeks in Los Angeles https://www.alexinwanderland.com/eight-sunny-memories-two-weeks-los-angeles/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=eight-sunny-memories-two-weeks-los-angeles https://www.alexinwanderland.com/eight-sunny-memories-two-weeks-los-angeles/#comments Fri, 24 Nov 2017 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=49825 Los Angeles Travel Blog
Those of you who have been reading my blog for a while know that my relationship with the City of Angels has been a slow burn. I was pretty unenthused when my dad first relocated there, finding the city to be  spread out, stressful, grimy and quite frankly charmless upon my first visit. Then I came […]
 
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It’s become somewhat of a tradition now — when a close friend or a family member sets a wedding date, I get a text within seconds of the ink drying on the contract. You’re the first to know, they’ll tell me, considering my crazy calendar — so you better be there! How could I not comply? […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/wedding-ravenswood-event-center-chicago/feed/ 21 Alex In Wanderland Eating Our Way Through Chicago https://www.alexinwanderland.com/where-to-eat-and-drink-in-chicago/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=where-to-eat-and-drink-in-chicago https://www.alexinwanderland.com/where-to-eat-and-drink-in-chicago/#comments Sat, 09 Sep 2017 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=49171 Chicago Travel Blog
You’ve got to love a city where you can fiercely debate the merits of various pizza styles, go from sand to skyscrapers in moments, and celebrate holidays with such ferocity that you dye your river to match it. I’m talking, of course, about Chicago — though I must admit it’s taken me a while to appreciate […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/where-to-eat-and-drink-in-chicago/feed/ 21 Alex In Wanderland Martha’s Vineyard On a Budget — Yes, It’s Possible! https://www.alexinwanderland.com/marthas-vineyard-budget-guide/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=marthas-vineyard-budget-guide https://www.alexinwanderland.com/marthas-vineyard-budget-guide/#comments Sat, 06 May 2017 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=46492 Martha’s Vineyard… on a budget? I admit, it doesn’t sound right. Like Thailand and good bread and cheese, or Brazil and being on time, or England and a reliably sunny weather forecast, it just doesn’t feel like a feasible travel combination. But lean in, because I’m about to spill what feels like a major secret. The […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/marthas-vineyard-budget-guide/feed/ 64 Under Jericoacoara’s Spell: A Brazilian Backpacker Paradise https://www.alexinwanderland.com/jericoacoaras-spell-brazilian-backpacker-paradise/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jericoacoaras-spell-brazilian-backpacker-paradise https://www.alexinwanderland.com/jericoacoaras-spell-brazilian-backpacker-paradise/#comments Thu, 13 Apr 2017 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=45805 “Estava aqui!” I blinked awake, trying to determine if my eyes had properly opened or not. Yup, lids lifted. Confirmed. It was just pitch black both in and outside the bus I’d been on for the last six hours. I checked my phone, it was just after midnight. No service. I scanned the darkness outside my […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/jericoacoaras-spell-brazilian-backpacker-paradise/feed/ 40 From Bullet Holes to Murals: An Afternoon in Santa Marta Favela https://www.alexinwanderland.com/santa-marta-favela-tour-rio-de-janeiro/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=santa-marta-favela-tour-rio-de-janeiro https://www.alexinwanderland.com/santa-marta-favela-tour-rio-de-janeiro/#comments Fri, 10 Feb 2017 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=45082 To visit a favela or not to visit a favela: it’s a controversial decision many travelers to Rio will ponder at some point or another. Critics call it poverty tourism, proponents say it de-stigmatizes and brings income to marginalized communities. Even amongst my own peers, there’s discord. Friends from South Africa have made me cross my heart that […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/santa-marta-favela-tour-rio-de-janeiro/feed/ 43 Forty-Eight Hours in Vila Madalena: São Paulo’s Worst Kept Secret https://www.alexinwanderland.com/vila-madalena-sao-paulo/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=vila-madalena-sao-paulo https://www.alexinwanderland.com/vila-madalena-sao-paulo/#comments Tue, 01 Nov 2016 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=43585 When it comes to the first few days after a major festival, I have just a few key priorities in mind: rest up, recharge, and reconnect to the world. The latter can be a serious drag when it means coming back to an overflowing inbox and a built up to-do list. But Heather and I knew exactly […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/vila-madalena-sao-paulo/feed/ 35 The Wanderland Guide to Travel Planning: Booking Accommodation https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-wanderland-guide-to-travel-planning-booking-accommodation/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-wanderland-guide-to-travel-planning-booking-accommodation https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-wanderland-guide-to-travel-planning-booking-accommodation/#comments Mon, 30 Nov 2015 15:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=37606 Welcome to my newest series, The Wanderland Guide to Travel Planning. This is the fourth post in a multi-part series!. Part Four //  Booking Accommodation Each year in my annual roundup posts, I break down all the various placed I laid my head in the previous 365 night. Last year’s tally included seventy-four different beds — not counting […]
 
]]> https://www.alexinwanderland.com/the-wanderland-guide-to-travel-planning-booking-accommodation/feed/ 29 Easing Back In: Traveling East Guatemala https://www.alexinwanderland.com/east-guatemala-livingston-rio-dulce/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=east-guatemala-livingston-rio-dulce https://www.alexinwanderland.com/east-guatemala-livingston-rio-dulce/#comments Wed, 05 Aug 2015 14:00:00 +0000 https://www.alexinwanderland.com/?p=35979 With my two weeks in Belize up and over, it suddenly felt like I was in the home stretch of my Central America trip. With exactly three weeks left before my flight from Roatán to the Cayman Islands, it was time to sit down and plot a route that would eventually get me to that departure […]
 
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