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The best Bai Tu Long Bay cruise for adventurous types: the Treasure Junk

If you all are ANYTHING like me, you’re insanely overwhelmed with the options for booking a Halong Bay cruise, or a Bai Tu Long Bay cruise, which the bay WITHIN Halong bay. There are at least 30 companies with professional...

February 24, 2017

Lifestyle Trip Planning & Packing

A Travel Blogger’s Guide To Getting More Instagram Followers (from a Pro Digital Marketer.)

In addition to running this blog, I also work full time in digital marketing and strategy. Here are my top five FREE ways to get more Instagram followers. There are paid tools out there, but this is for people who...

January 10, 2017

Hiking Kayaking Travel Vietnam

29 Photos to Make You Want to Visit Vietnam

The best part of these photos? They were all taken on the same trip! Welcome to Saigon A Vietnamese Guardian Lion in Saigon Welcome to the Mekong Delta My Son Temple Lanterns in picturesque Hoi An (you can get your...

January 6, 2017
3 min

Food & Drink Relaxing Travel Vietnam

A quick guide to: Vietnam’s Exotic Coffee Culture

When you think of Vietnam, coffee may not be the first food item that springs to mind. But it won’t take long being in the country before you realize Vietnamese people are OBSESSED with coffee – and they’re pretty creative...

January 3, 2017
4 minute read

Adventure Blog Travel Trip Planning & Packing

A Packing List for Vietnam: A piece-by-piece guide for every kind of weather

Well, it’s t-minus three hours until we head to Vietnam for what I hope will be an amazing three weeks. As I was prepping for this trip, I googled a lot of “what to pack for Vietnam” blogs, but I...

November 21, 2016
4 min read

Trip Planning & Packing

The Ultimate Carry-on Packing List for Adventure Travelers

It’s yours, free! Just sign up for HikeUpYourSkirt emails and I’ll send it to you. I won’t email more than a few times a months and if you *really* don’t want the emails, you can sign up and then unsubscribe...

October 24, 2016
2 min read

Adventure Blog Nevada Relaxing Tahoe Basin

Two minutes about: Thunderbird Lodge

Tahoe is an outdoor paradise but here and there, you’ll find indoor wonders too. One such wonder is Thunderbird Lodge, a historic estate now open for public tours Spring through Fall. The lodge, built in the 1940s, was the home...

October 17, 2016
2 min read

Adventure Blog Kayaking Tahoe Basin

Two Minutes About: A Full Moon Paddle

A few weeks ago, we were fortunate enough to have a huge full moon for two – yes, two in a row – nights! We took advantage of the second night with an awesome backpacking trip, but night one was...

October 11, 2016
2 min read

Adventure Blog Lifestyle Trip Planning & Packing

Five essential sites for fantasy trip planning

If you’re anything like me, there’s always another trip on the horizon. And whether it’s a week away with flights book and bags (almost) packed, or whether it’s the trip of a lifetime many years away, you might as well have...

June 20, 2016
4 min read

Adventure Blog Road Tripping Texas Travel

A road trip through Big Bend National Park

Big Bend National Park has the kind of vastness that makes you wonder “how many years would it take anyone to realize I had disappeared out here?”I’m going to guess at least a week. It’s about two hours off the...