Recently, I was contacted by a new online women’s travel magazine, Girls that Roam with a request to post a contest notice for their first annual International Women’s Travel Survey. While I admit, I don’t know much more about the site, other than it’ll be launching late this year, the ideals around sound pretty GRRR! and who doesn’t love contests to win free trips to exotic places? So here you are and good luck to all:
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As a travel blogger, I have a behemoth heap of posts in my archival bank. Sadly however, a blog post only has a firefly’s lifespan. Once it’s had its run, it folds into the blog tomb, awaiting a Google search to resuscitate it. A lot of hours (days even!) of laborious writing, photo uploading and video editing for a very short parade.
When Megan of On my way RTW tagged me on Tripbase‘s My 7 Links project, I was both, honored to be counted in as a member of the travel blogging community and thrilled to share some of my favorite pieces. So if you missed some of these posts the first time around, here’s your second chance! From a restaurant in Phnom Penh, Cambodia with the endearing madness of honking motodops and tuk-tuks as inspirational backdrop, I write for you …
My Most Beautiful Post
Jeju’s Olle Trails: Reading its secret Love Letters
Everyone should experience the magic of awakening to the eternal spring of a love letter and Jeju Island’s Olle trails (inspired by Spain’s Pilgrim Trails) conveys just that. I’m not sure if this is my “Most Beautiful” post but the experience was certainly (more…)
Will You Be Visited by House Hunters Next?
Hey Expats in Kimchi-land and beyond! Wanna give folks back home a peek into what shopping for a home in a foreign country takes?
Hit television show ‘House Hunters International‘ (currently showing on the Homes and Gardens Network in America) is casting for a new series. If you are looking for or have recently bought a home abroad, they would like to put your story on TV!
The travel show is looking for energetic people, couples and families to share their story about (more…)
Introducing My Crazy Kimchi!
“We want to know more about your daily life, Chris…” my Dad told me last week on Skype, regarding my travel blog. Some readers are never satisfied.
While my expat life is littered with interesting discoveries, random observations and insights on a daily basis; they often hit me hard, fast and in successive waves just as they did when I lived in New York or when I’m traveling abroad. Unfortunately, I don’t always have time to give these things attention; nor do I know how to sort out its random bits… (more…)
GRRRLTRAVELER.COM is now live. My blog migration process was a success- Hooray & GRRR! While my old blog, TravelerDiaries will exist on Wordpress.com a bit longer, I encourage all my dear friends out there to update your links and readers. 
On a flight back home to Hawaii, blogging & surfing the Net from airwaves of 50,000 ft while testing out Delta’s WIFI service.
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