15 Enchanting Things to Do in Chamonix in Winter

15 Enchanting Things to Do in Chamonix in Winter

ByAllison Green

The French Alps are home to one of the world’s most iconic ski destinations, Chamonix. In Chamonix in summer, you’ll find countless hikers on their Tour de Mont-Blanc or exploring the area on day hikes. But it’s in winter that this small little Alpine town becomes absolutely bustling with activity — and there’s so many…

Visiting Tibumana Waterfall: A Quick & Practical Guide

Visiting Tibumana Waterfall: A Quick & Practical Guide

ByAllison Green

A curtain-type waterfall that falls elegantly into a small pool below, Tibumana Waterfall has the classic Bali waterfall look that makes people pin it to their Pinterest boards and dream up a trip around. But Tibumana has also been victim to the color-grading mania that has taken over the brains of many an Instagrammer, so…

Campuhan Antapan Waterfall, Bali: Leke Leke’s Quieter Neighbor

Campuhan Antapan Waterfall, Bali: Leke Leke’s Quieter Neighbor

ByAllison Green

Campuhan Antapan is located right down the road from Leke Leke Waterfall, an Insta-famous waterfall to which many influencers flock. Leke Leke is definitely a lovely waterfall, but honestly, I preferred Campuhan Waterfall by far. Campuhan Antapan is a lot more laid-back and less-visited — it was only us and a group of two local…

Yeh Mampeh: A Beautiful & Uncrowded Bali Waterfall

Yeh Mampeh: A Beautiful & Uncrowded Bali Waterfall

ByAllison Green

Tucked away in the small village of Les — one of many little-visited villages along Bali’s wild and less-traveled North Coast — you can find the beautiful waterfall of Yeh Mampeh… if you know to look for it.  While it’s certainly not hard to find, with plenty of signage on the roads directing you to the waterfall…

Lovely L’Isle-en-Dodon, France: What to Do in This Charming Small Town

Lovely L’Isle-en-Dodon, France: What to Do in This Charming Small Town

ByAllison Green

In the Comminges region at the foothills of the Pyrenées, which tower above like a beautiful frame for the horizon, you’ll find the lovely and quintessentially French small town of L’Isle-en-Dodon. This charming small village is about one hour from Toulouse in the Haute Garonne region of Occitanie in Southern France. It’s a teeny-tiny village…

Indigenous Tourism in Norway: Meet the Nomadic Sámi Reindeer Herders

Indigenous Tourism in Norway: Meet the Nomadic Sámi Reindeer Herders

ByAllison Green

Some people are surprised to find out that Norway has a small but significant Indigenous population: the Sámi people. Like the Inuits of Greenland and North America’s Arctic region, the Sámi have been able to carve out a life — complete with its own traditions, cuisine, art, languages, and beliefs — in some of the…