https://grrrltraveler.com A Female Solo Travel Blog | It's not a vacation until you survive it! Fri, 06 Mar 2026 11:11:28 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://grrrltraveler.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/02/favicon.gif https://grrrltraveler.com 32 32 https://grrrltraveler.com/airport-sleeping-pods/ Mon, 14 Nov 2022 13:21:05 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=80388 You’ve landed in a strange airport at 1 a.m., your next flight is at 7, and the floor looks like your only option… but then you remember your travel friend mentioned there are airport sleeping pods. And you miraculously just landed in an airport with one! In this blog post, i’m sharing 32 airports with...]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/guide-to-japanese-capsule-hotels/ Tue, 20 Sep 2022 23:04:06 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=62388   This post may contain affiliate links. Never leave home without travel insurance. Click for the insurance finder tool. and affordable insurance for digital nomads. From manga cafes to Korean jjimjilbangs, love motels and now capsule hotels, I love to explore alternative hotels. This complete guide to Japanese Capsule Hotels will break down all you need to know...]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/panauti-community-homestay-in-nepal/ https://grrrltraveler.com/panauti-community-homestay-in-nepal/#comments Wed, 21 Feb 2018 09:34:33 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=51106   If you’re like me, you strive for “authentic” experiences. You want to feel connected to a place and to have experiences over just really cool photographs (okay, strike that~ cool photographs are important too)….You want it all! A homestay in Nepal is a great way to experience local living, and you’ll be supporting sustainable tourism...]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/panauti-community-homestay-in-nepal/feed/ 8 https://grrrltraveler.com/cave-lodge-thailand/ https://grrrltraveler.com/cave-lodge-thailand/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2017 13:37:16 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=47289 I was starting to feel too sedate in Chiang Mai. My month-long trip to India had shifted my sense of adventure. Suddenly, I craved travel activity, which tested and challenged me. I wanted to experience something that pushed me beyond my comfort zone and outside of my standard sightseeing and travels. I wanted to experience...]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/cave-lodge-thailand/feed/ 2 https://grrrltraveler.com/a-guide-to-korean-jjimjilbangs-%ec%b0%9c%ec%a7%88%eb%b0%a9-bathhouses-in-korea/ https://grrrltraveler.com/a-guide-to-korean-jjimjilbangs-%ec%b0%9c%ec%a7%88%eb%b0%a9-bathhouses-in-korea/#comments Fri, 17 Jul 2015 13:55:57 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=46693 Watch my video guide to Korean Jjimjilbangs | Korean Bath house & Sauna   . While living in Korea, I fell in love with Korean jjimjilbangs (aka bathhouses in Korea)! So I put together a guide to Korean jjimjilbangs for foreigners.  The reason is that Koreans know how to make the spa experience naturally healthy,...]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/a-guide-to-korean-jjimjilbangs-%ec%b0%9c%ec%a7%88%eb%b0%a9-bathhouses-in-korea/feed/ 17 https://grrrltraveler.com/kelebek-cave-hotel-cappadocia/ https://grrrltraveler.com/kelebek-cave-hotel-cappadocia/#comments Fri, 17 Apr 2015 21:04:03 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=45335   Cappadocia is known for it’s cave hotels so when it came to accommodations, I knew I wanted to experience one. They say a photo can speak a thousand words. That given, the photos I’ve taken from my stay at Kelebek alone, will easily speak an essay. Cave hotels in Cappadocia Cappadocia is a UNESCO...]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/kelebek-cave-hotel-cappadocia/feed/ 1 https://grrrltraveler.com/real-world-santorini-museum-spa-wellness-hotel-santorini/ https://grrrltraveler.com/real-world-santorini-museum-spa-wellness-hotel-santorini/#comments Mon, 09 Mar 2015 01:21:00 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=45264 Real World Santorini : The blog house . Are travel bloggers honest in their hotel reviews? The job of a travel blogger is to share travel experiences, both good and bad. This includes reviews for a sponsored hotel stay. Sometimes, honesty ain’t easy. When a hotel stay is sponsored in exchange for a fair review,...]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/real-world-santorini-museum-spa-wellness-hotel-santorini/feed/ 18 https://grrrltraveler.com/video-kanchanaburi-river-kwai-jungle-rafts-review/ https://grrrltraveler.com/video-kanchanaburi-river-kwai-jungle-rafts-review/#comments Thu, 22 Aug 2013 13:55:07 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=38689 If this video isn’t playing, you can watch it here: http://youtu.be/cOm3k1l5vPM. In this video, I film my first hand experince staying at the River Kwai Jungle Rafts Floating Hotel and what you’ll experience if you stay here. Imagine someone says you’re going to stay on a “floatel” for the next two nights. I’d never heard...]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/video-kanchanaburi-river-kwai-jungle-rafts-review/feed/ 4 https://grrrltraveler.com/the-cheapest-budget-stay-in-japan-the-manga-cafe/ https://grrrltraveler.com/the-cheapest-budget-stay-in-japan-the-manga-cafe/#comments Thu, 18 Apr 2013 11:15:15 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=34049 When I had an overnight layover at Fukuoka airport and discovered they didn't allow sleeping in their terminals, I felt a stab at my pocketbook. Manga Cafes otherwise called Manga Kissa are 24 hour internet cafes, furnished with wall-to-wall manga comic books and videos. Local Japanese who miss their bus home or need an overnight rest place, can rent a cubicle out for the night.]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/the-cheapest-budget-stay-in-japan-the-manga-cafe/feed/ 28 https://grrrltraveler.com/surviving-last-minute-trip-things-i-sucked-at/ https://grrrltraveler.com/surviving-last-minute-trip-things-i-sucked-at/#comments Thu, 24 Jan 2013 17:13:12 +0000 http://grrrltraveler.com/?p=33531 In my last post about survival trips, I told you the things I did well. But obviously, everything wasn’t smooth-sailing. If you’re pulling a last minute trip with multiple desitinations, you’re bound to have flaws… big ones.  So while I aced most of my trip, there are a couple of things that I failed big...]]> https://grrrltraveler.com/surviving-last-minute-trip-things-i-sucked-at/feed/ 2