health & safety tips

Find tap water when you travel – app

You know how sometimes you are in a country where you have to buy bottled water and you hate how...

Relaxing after a long flight

Relaxing after a long flight

After squashing myself in a small aircraft seat for hours, I often find myself with a bad crick in my...

Reflective bags and backpacks; be noticed in the dark

A relatively new development in safety is cute purses and bags that are very light reflective. They generally look dark...

Hammam (Turkish bath) experience – Turkey vs Morocco

Time slows and nearly stops in a hammam (hamam or Turkish Bath), while you sit in your sweat, with only...

Solo woman traveler safety – sightseeing safely

Solo woman traveler safety – Part 2: sightseeing safely In a another post, I covered how to be safe as...

New sunscreen restrictions in eco-conscious countries and sun safety options

How to stay safe in the sun? With regulations changing all over the world in an effort to protect coral...