Waking up to a brilliant aquamarine lagoon so close you can simply step off your back deck and go for a sunrise swim… Is it any wonder that basically every traveler has the same thing on their bucket list: staying in an overwater bungalow in French Polynesia? You can find these aquatic abodes across the…
Exploring Portugal on a road trip is one of the best ways to discover the country and reach remote places you wouldn’t otherwise visit. Despite its small size, Portugal overdelivers everywhere: stunning coastal and mountainous landscapes, cities out of a storybook, and picturesque villages tucked away and seemingly untouched by time. Since I lived in…
While traveling light and relying on a combination of public transit and walking can be incredible, nothing can truly compare to the joy of getting out on the open road. There’s something that’s just so freeing about having your own set of wheels, and renting a car in Sicily is the best way to explore…
Let’s be honest about New York: no one lives there for its weather. There are few things that New Yorkers can agree upon, but the fact that fall is the best season to be in New York is surely one of them. New York’s winters are about three months too long, stretching on so that…
Confession time: I regularly ghost my email inbox. After nearly nine years of blogging, I’ve been pitched everything under the sun, including absurd schemes where I pay to market someone else’s product. It’s no surprise that bloggers can be a bit wary of answering emails. So, I ignored Stay22’s introductory emails for a while… and,…
As a native Californian who spent 9 long winters shivering in New York City, I get it: sometimes, you just need to escape the cold and go visit one of the best warm weather destinations in the USA. And I’m of the opinion that January is actually the best time to escape to some of…
There are many ways to see the Northern lights in Norway: going on a husky sledding tour under the aurora, snowmobiling through the wilderness, sailing through a fjord, or the classic standby, going on a Northern lights chase in search of the perfect place to spot the Northern lights. But perhaps the best and most…
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The Float House is one of the most unique places to stay in Laos, situated on the (mostly) calm waters of the Nam Ou River. This river winds through Northern Laos, connecting a handful of waterside towns like Nong Khiaw and Muang Ngoi, before heading all the way to to Luang Prabang via a serpentine…
While there is so much to do in Taipei itself, one of the best things about traveling to Taipei is the sheer abundance of day trip possibilities there are in the region. The small town of Shifen with a train track running straight through it is one of the best-loved day trips from Taipei. It’s…
